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Jan 2023
19m 57s

The Psychology of Weight Loss

Wendi Francis
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In this episode of the OVERCOMING Emotional Overeating podcast, Wendi talks about the evolution of the concepts of weight loss throughout history, the psychology of weight loss, and working with it. 
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