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Sep 2022
21m 26s

If-firmations

American Public Media
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When positive affirmations feel inauthentic, what do we do?

For our season finale, host Anna Borges talks to Dr. Christine Gibson, author of the forthcoming book, The Modern Trauma Toolkit and @tiktoktraumadoc on Tik Tok, about the subject of one of her viral Tik Toks: if-firmations.

When we’re in need of some possibility in our hearts and minds, they might just be the answer

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