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Feb 2022
22m 53s

How To Be Happy, Not Perfect

HEALTHLINE MEDIA
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Today’s guest tells us that the very idea of perfect happiness is an illusion. Being perfect will not make us happy, and happiness is not perfection. But we all still think if we can just reach one more goal, fix one more thing, be just a little better, that will be the key to happiness. Join us as Poppy Jamie and Gabe Howard discuss how to get over these fe ... Show More
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