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Jun 2024
19m 48s

How to take back control over your life ...

ERIKA DE PELLEGRIN
About this episode
Tired of life feeling like it's just happening to you? Feel powerless over events? The truth is, we can all feel like victims of something in life... the job we don’t love, the office we don’t want to be in, the relationship or friendship we are stuck in, the financial situation we find ourselves in - right? I’ve been there you’ve been there but dwelling in ... Show More
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