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Oct 2023
24m 38s

5: I Quit Drinking Alcohol For 1 Year

Tara Laferrara
About this episode
Welcome to The Tara Talk, your go-to podcast for all things mindset + movement. Today Tara shares about her past year living alcohol-free and why she decided to do it. As well as the mental + physical shifts she experienced during this time and how alcohol can impact more areas of life than you may realize. 
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