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Sep 2020
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The Real Fortune Teller

Podeo | بوديو
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Our brain likes to play tricks on us, so it allows us to see the things we want to see and formulate biased conclusions, accordingly. In this episode, Rawane Affara explains how, at times, a child’s behavior is misunderstood and underestimated.Listen to The Ringlet on Podeopodeo.co/originalspodeo.co/download 
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