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Nov 2024
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420 SelfWork: How to Manage Your Emotion...

MARGARET ROBINSON RUTHERFORD PHD
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Today we’re going to talk about how to manage your emotions. Sometimes you might feel as though you can’t feel anything, other times that you feel too much and your emotions are leading you to the choices you’re making. Or you can feel that you’re stuck in a feeling – or you’re portraying an emotion to others that perhaps you don’t recognize or mean to (usua ... Show More
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