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Mar 2021
11m 54s

S01|02 - The Shift

Crystal the Parenting Coach
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Parenting my child and his difficult behaviours kept getting worse, I felt like I couldn’t handle it anymore and finally reached out for help. The changes we experienced were very profound, and I never expected what I was going to have to do to get them. 
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