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          <title>SAM-e Complete™ Monthly Contest – Who Can Always Put You in a Good Mood No Matter What?</title>
          <description>&lt;p&gt;Finding your good mood doesn&amp;rsquo;t have to be a solitary quest. Sometimes those around us can inspire the best in us, so it&amp;rsquo;s important to recognize the people in your life who really make a difference. This month, I want to know about the person (or people) in your life who put you in a great mood no matter what.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Do you have a friend who can make you smile and laugh with everything they say? Is there a loved one who always has the right thing to say in any situation? Is there a singer or star who can pick you up with their inspirational music or movies? Let me know in the comments who puts you in a great mood, and you&amp;rsquo;ll have a chance to win* a month&amp;rsquo;s supply of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sam-e.com/&quot;&gt;Nature Made SAM-e Complete&lt;sup&gt;TM&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
          <pubdate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:00:26 GMT</pubdate>
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          <title>Behind the Scenes at the Daytime Emmy Awards</title>
          <description>&lt;p&gt;Recently, the 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards&amp;trade; celebrated daytime TV&amp;rsquo;s top stars and honored the most outstanding achievements in acting, writing and production.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
          <pubdate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:12:48 GMT</pubdate>
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          <title>Fall into Fun: Autumn Activities </title>
          <description>&lt;p&gt;Fall is officially here, and that means the weather is changing, and so can your mood. If the heat of summer got to you, and the crunch of the economy has got you flustered, then it is more important now than ever to enjoy your life. To keep a balanced mood, it is important to vary the activities in your life to include both work AND fun. Fall is just the time to do some outside exploring, as it isn&amp;rsquo;t too cold, nor is it too hot (at least in some parts of the country!). I put together some resources of things you can do before it gets too cold and the hustle and bustle of the winter holidays is upon us.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
          <pubdate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:10:25 GMT</pubdate>
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          <title>Lisa’s List of 50 Feel Good Things </title>
          <description>&lt;p&gt;I recently came across a website called &amp;ldquo;&lt;a href=&quot;/jump/MTAwMCBBd2Vzb21lIFRoaW5ncw==/aHR0cDovLzEwMDBhd2Vzb21ldGhpbmdzLmNvbS8=&quot;&gt;1000 Awesome Things&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;rdquo; filled with things the author, and others, have found to be &amp;ldquo;awesome.&amp;rdquo; These include things like &amp;ldquo;When little babies let out adult-sized burps&amp;rdquo; or  &amp;ldquo;Sleeping with one leg under the covers and one leg out.&amp;rdquo; The site was so inspirational, I thought I&amp;rsquo;d share my own list of 50 things that put me in a good mood. Some of them are things you can do to put yourself in a good mood, and others are things that just happen on their own, but all are sure to make you smile. One of the benefits of Nature Made SAM-e Complete is maintaining a good mood naturally, but it also helps to know what that good mood really feels like. Hopefully you can help by contributing to my list.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
          <pubdate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:59:00 GMT</pubdate>
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          <title>Wanted: Good Mood Blogger</title>
          <description>&lt;p&gt;I&amp;rsquo;m super excited to let everyone know about the Nature Made SAM-e &amp;ldquo;Good Mood Gig&amp;rdquo; Talent Search! This job is a great chance for you to show off your good mood by writing a daily blog post about the things that make you happy. Sounds simple enough, right? Well, to further entice you, we&amp;rsquo;re putting a $5000 a month stipend on the line (with a contract of 6 months) AND a new laptop computer, so you can work from anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
          <pubdate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:19:00 GMT</pubdate>
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          <title>Start a Good Habit</title>
          <description>&lt;p&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s time to get yourself back on track. Maybe you&amp;rsquo;ve been slipping a little bit here and there, dipping into your vices and letting it affect you. Unfortunately, slipping off of a positive path to a healthy lifestyle and good mood is an easy thing to do. Maybe you never fell off the wagon, though, and now it is time to reinforce that path you&amp;rsquo;ve chosen for yourself. One of the ways you can do this is by picking up a habit, &lt;a href=&quot;/jump/YSBnb29kIGhhYml0/aHR0cDovL215c3VwZXJjaGFyZ2VkbGlmZS5jb20vYmxvZy9iYWNrLXRvLXNj
aG9vbC0xNy1nb29kLWhhYml0cy1mb3ItYS1zdWNjZXNzZnVsLWxpZmUv&quot;&gt;a good habit&lt;/a&gt;, that is. If you&amp;rsquo;re used to having mood swings and fluctuating between feelings, then it is high time to look toward happiness. And to be your happiest, all you have to do is get into the groove of feeling happy. One of the best natural mood enhancers you can have is to develop a good habit. Here&amp;rsquo;s a list of bad habits and better ones you can replace them with, along with some tips on how to make them work for you.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
          <pubdate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:34:21 GMT</pubdate>
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          <title>Children’s Characters Who Will Inspire You and Your Mood </title>
          <description>&lt;p&gt;There are some beloved children&amp;rsquo;s books and shows that have withstood the test of time with their unique stories and strange (but loveable) ways. I&amp;rsquo;ve written before about how to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sam-e.com/talk/10-great-ways-to-find-your-inner-child&quot;&gt;discover your inner child&lt;/a&gt;, and one of the best ways to do that and find your good mood in the process is by getting in touch with how you felt when you first encountered these characters. Here are some of the most interesting and inspirational characters from children&amp;rsquo;s stories and beyond.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
          <pubdate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:09:50 GMT</pubdate>
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          <title>Small Steps and Simple Rewards – Feeling Great About Yourself One Step at a Time  </title>
          <description>&lt;p&gt;No one expects to be able to snap their fingers and all of a sudden feel different about their lives. It takes time and real lifestyle changes in order to get to a place where you are wearing a perma-smile. Everyone experiences mood swings from time to time, so never get down on yourself for feeling less than your best. We&amp;rsquo;re all human, so don&amp;rsquo;t worry about trying to be perfect. You can make a positive difference toward a good mood, but it doesn&amp;rsquo;t happen automatically. Even Nature Made SAM-e Complete takes a couple of weeks before it begins to work. It all starts with rewarding yourself in healthy, positive ways for accomplishing the things you feel that you&amp;rsquo;ve done well. Here are some tips for rewarding yourself in small steps.&lt;/p&gt;
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          <pubdate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:01:48 GMT</pubdate>
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          <title>SAM-e Complete™ Monthly Contest – Create Your Own Good Mood Blog Topic</title>
          <description>&lt;p&gt;I’ve put up quite a few posts over the past year. I’ve told you all about things you can eat to put you in a better mood, to how sunlight can affect your mood. Since I’ve called all the shots for the past year, now it’s your turn. What topic do you want covered on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sam-e.com/talk&quot;&gt;Good Mood Blog&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It can be informative or fun, but whatever blog topic you choose, make sure it’s a winner. So post your best idea for a topic to the comments below, and you’ll be entered into our contest to win* a month’s supply of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sam-e.com/&quot;&gt;Nature Made SAM-e Complete   &lt;/a&gt;
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          <title>How a Good Mood Can Affect Your Life </title>
          <description>&lt;p&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s one thing to say it is good to be in a positive mood, but it is quite another to understand why being in a good mood is important to your health. I&amp;rsquo;ve given you some tips on how to get yourself in a good mood, as well as things you can eat and watch to help out, but here is bit of an explanation as to why a good mood can benefit your overall health and well being. As it turns out, there is more to it than just feeling happy for the sake of feeling happy.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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