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		<title>Little Reminders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes as a woman, I forget that I have value just by being me. I have been programmed to believe that my worth is determined by other people&#8217;s happiness. It is a selfishly based belief. I want to make others feel good to validate myself. So it&#8217;s not genuinely based on meeting the needs of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God Has My Back</title>
		<description><![CDATA[God does turn bad to good. I have seen it happen.  Too many things have fallen in place for me when they could have fallen apart. I have to share this experience with you to make you understand what I mean.
Nearly ten years ago, I met the father of my youngest two children. We never married, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting My Friend Back</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know it has been quite some time since my last post.  For the past few months, I have been up and down emotionally. Some days have been high and others very low.  Since I last wrote, I decided to reach out to my old flame. Why? Because I had lost my best friend and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Fitting Reminder After this Weekend&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From The Daily Word
Monday, June 14, 2010
 
 
 
Let Go, Let God
Letting go and letting God, I am confident, peaceful and strong.

A young child may latch onto a favorite stuffed animal or an old blanket and carry it with them wherever they go. When the child is lonely, scared or tired, this &#8220;security blanket&#8221; is comforting. Eventually, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chattylulus.com/?p=300</link>
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		<title>And the Saga Continues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have made some seriously poor decisions in my life believing that because I am strong-willed and a very capable and self-reliant person, I can master or conquer anything―even my relationships and myself. I should know better.  As I go through this process of recovery, however, I have begun to recognize just how broken I am and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God, What the Hell is Wrong with Me?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I have prayed to God for months to help me get over my ex. I was doing fine when a mutual work colleague of ours asked me about him. That same day, a group of us from work were getting together for happy hour and I figured what the hell, &#8220;call him and see what he&#8217;s up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living with Passion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been some time since I have posted to my blog. Work has been surprisingly busy, and of course, there are end of the school year events. I have been doing really well these days, but came across this in one of my daily devotionals and loved its message.
In essence, to truly live, you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chattylulus.com/?p=281</link>
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		<title>Have I Learned Nothing?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been reading various books as I go through this process of recovery. Many of them express how we must affirm ourselves and treat ourselves with love and that means setting boundaries to ensure we don&#8217;t repeat history by engaging in unhealthy behaviors that put us where we are to begin with. 
I have read [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chattylulus.com/?p=278</link>
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		<title>Sometimes, Nothing Heals Better Than a Good Cry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All things considered lately, I have felt very much in control of my life. I feel in touch with God. I am letting life flow in its own way, according to its own time. I have released the need to control things. Now I pray and surrender.  I am helping people while healing myself and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.chattylulus.com/?p=275</link>
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		<title>Recovery is On-Going&#8230;Forever</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These past few weeks have been riddled with health issues. I had surgery yesterday and am on the road to recovery.
RECOVERY—it seems to be what I do these days.  I realize though that recovery is a lifetime commitment. It isn&#8217;t a one way trip where you reach your destination and then it&#8217;s all over. Recovery continues [...]]]></description>
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