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Jun 2024
12m 55s

347. Confidence, Happiness & Self-Safety

KARA LOEWENTHEIL
About this episode

How do you know if you’re happy? Not just momentarily, but in the big picture sense of living the life you truly want with no regrets? Join me this week as I outline what big-picture happiness means, how it differs from the emotion of happiness, why creating big-picture happiness involves taking risks, and the roles confidence and self-safety play when it comes to going after what you want.

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