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Feb 2021
13m 56s

Spilt Coffee

Chad Lawson
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What’s the worst that could happen? And why is it that’s generally the first thing we think about; the worst possible scenario! Listen in as we learn how to stop thinking the worst, or in technical terms, catastrophizing. 
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