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Sep 30
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375: Cry in Your Kitchen

with Emily P. Freeman
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An often-unspoken spiritual practice – one that doesn’t make it into sermons or how-to guides - is the unconventional practice of crying in your kitchen. More specifically, navigating surprising or unwelcome emotion with kindness rather than control. Listen in.

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