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Apr 2025
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442 SelfWork: How to Get Over the Feelin...

MARGARET ROBINSON RUTHERFORD PHD
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Today we’re going to focus on the feeling that you're not important - a feeling likely created by how you were parented. How does this happen? Your parents' careers came first. The parents themselves came first for one another, only caring for the child as a secondhand and almost bothersome activity. Your being wasn’t celebrated – instead what you could ach ... Show More
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