Defeat Exit Node Sniffing?

[defcon]

I have been using tor for a while now, and I absolutely love it, although
the only thing keeping me from using it, is the insecurities of the exit
nodes.  I know to truly stay anonymous you should stay away from personal
accounts "but" how can I connect through tor to gmail or other ssl enabled
services without risking my password being sniffed or my dns request being
hijacked.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
defcon