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Jun 2022
28m 28s

The Price of Beauty

Underscore Talent Management
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We’re constantly surrounded by false standards of beauty on social media that can trick us into believing that external beauty is more important than what’s on the inside. When we don’t know where the fake narrative ends and the truth begins, we leave the odor open for demons to enter our mind, body and soul. First, a fountain of death Followed by there are ... Show More
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