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Jul 2022
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138 - "I Have No Self Control"

Maggie Sterling
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Have you ever eaten everything in your pantry and afterwards just felt like you have no self control? Do you often feel like this with your eating habits? Today we discuss the topic of self-control, and how labeling ourselves as someone who "has no self-control" not only isn't true, but isn't helpful at all. 

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