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Dec 2020
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#19 - Stop Being Hard on Yourself

The Anxiety Dr
About this episode

When we get anxiety it's hard for us to not be hard on ourselves and not beat ourselves up about feeling a little anxious.  

I get it I've been there before.  But the only thing that does is put more stress on our already anxious minds.

Learning how to now beat ourselves up about anxiety is hard, but needed.

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