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May 2024
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280. Family Dinner

Feelings & Co
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A listener sent in a voice memo talking about how she was introduced to the idea of family dinner when she was a teen (something that wasn’t present in her own family growing up) and how she’s carried that tradition into her own family as an adult.  _ If you have anxiety, depression or any sense of the world around you, you know that not *everything* is goin ... Show More
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