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Oct 2022
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7 ways to distract yourself from your pr...

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Avoiding your problems is easy. Distracting yourself from your problems in a healthy way that helps you eventually overcome them? A lot harder. Here are 7 healthy ways to distract your emotion mind from your problems.

Savvy Psychologist is hosted by Dr. Monica Johnson. A transcript is available at Simplecast.

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