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Jun 2023
6m 58s

Mindful Music: A Song for Acceptance

Headspace Studios
About this episode

This week, Kessonga returns with his Mindful Music segment. Today, he shares a song about acceptance, and how we can learn to stop resisting when things don't turn out the way we'd like them to.

Kessonga holds a Masters degree in Social Work, and is a Certified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher. He also serves as an adjunct Mindfulness instructor at UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine. Prior to joining Headspace he had his own private practice as a licensed acupuncturist and an outpatient psychotherapist. You can reach out on Instagram here!

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