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Dec 2022
53m 14s

Responding to Criticism, and Accepting T...

RICK HANSON, PH.D., FORREST HANSON
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Criticism is an unavoidable part of life. But even though we’re all going to be criticized from time to time, many of us spend much of our lives living in fear of criticism. Then, on the flip side, we’re all critics ourselves. We’ve all been in situations that aren’t quite what we want them to be – so we need to either do something to change them or accept t ... Show More
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