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Aug 2022
53m 5s

Our Culture of Hurry and Busy and Slowin...

Samantha & Spencer Robbins
About this episode

As a culture we are way too busy for our own good...

But why?

Why isn't it good?

In this episode we talk about how to work through overwhelm triggers and feeling out of control and how we try to take back control or medicate ourselves with work and toil.

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