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Jul 2022
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142 - What If I Fail?

Maggie Sterling
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"Failure" is a part of the weight loss process. Fearing failure is normal. Today we talk about using our past as evidence of what we're capable of in the future, and why choosing optimism is infinitely more useful than playing into the failure game our brains offer up. 

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