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Jun 2024
28m 27s

Gray is my least favorite

Afaf Ouardi
About this episode
The first part of this episode is about the overwhelming feelings that come after overanalyzing and seeking explanations about everything that happens in our lives. The second part is about confusion and indecisiveness, or what I call it “the gray area”, how this is my most uncomfortable state of mind… 
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