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Jun 2023
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2790: Why You Can’t Stop Thoughts, But Y...

Justin Malik
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Richard Paterson of Think Less and Grow Rich on why you can't stop thoughts, but you can stop suffering

Episode 2790: Why You Can’t Stop Thoughts, But You Can Stop Suffering by Richard Paterson on How to Manage Overthinking

Richard is an ex-monk, meditation teacher, transformational coach and author of two books, “Kick The Thinking Habit” and “Awaken The Happy You.”

After almost four decades of spiritual exploration and self-discovery, it’s now his passion to share with others some of the spiritual nuggets he’s unearthed along the way.

For the past 20 years, he’s been helping people find more peace, joy, and inner freedom—to wake up to a richer, deeper, more spiritually connected experience of life.

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