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Jun 2021
11m 46s

Do I even Want to Feel Better?

Georgie Fear and the Confident Eaters Team
About this episode
Mystifying. Puzzling. Baffling. We could use any of these adjectives to describe the phenomenon of knowing what to do to make ourselves feel better - and not doing it. It's one thing to not know. But when it's right there, you know it's doable and that it's effective, what the heck is it getting in the way? Fear not, you are absolutely not the only perso ... Show More
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