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May 2023
41m 31s

#49 - Opening up to people is hard

Rowena Tsai & Vivian Van
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Fear of intimacy can show up in our lives in many different and unexpected ways. Connection is so important to our human experience, yet we are often afraid of it. In this episode, Ro and Viv dive into a listener’s question of why it's difficult to truly open up, and why it's often harder to open up to strangers than it is with ourselves. In order to connec ... Show More
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