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Oct 2023
27m 32s

Ep. 452: Tackle Hard Social Situations, ...

Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project
About this episode

We suggest several practical solutions to common, but challenging, social

situations. We also address a listener’s question, “Do Questioners ever experience

Questioner-rebellion?” and discuss the know-yourself-better question of “Is your

birthday important to you?”

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