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Jul 2020
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EP 116 - Ignoring Anxiety vs. Non-Reacti...

Drew Linsalata
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One of the concepts that confuses people more than any other is understanding the difference between accepting and surrendering to anxiety, learning to be nonreactive to anxiety, or ignoring anxiety. Let's talk about that today. There is a difference between ignoring anxiety and learning to become truly non-reactive to anxiety. This is subtle. It's reasonabl ... Show More
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