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Jun 2024
19m 38s

Tapping to calm anxiety when you feel tr...

Shann Vander Leek & Ananga Sivyer
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#696 - This week on the Anxiety Slayer Podcast, we’re sharing how to use EFT Tapping for those times when anxiety suddenly peaks and feels like it might escalate into an anxiety attack.

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