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Nov 2023
13m 32s

Your Ruminating Is Making You Experience...

KATERINA ELEFTHERIOU
About this episode
In this episode, I talk about how rumination isn’t protecting you as much as you think it is. It’s actually leading you to experience the exact pain and discomfort that you’re trying to avoid by ruminating and overthinking in the first place. 
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