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May 8
7m 21s

When Slow Starts to Feel Like Failure

Headspace Studios
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There’s a particular kind of discomfort that comes from moving slowly while life keeps asking more of you. In this episode, Rosie explores how we start to interpret that pace as failure, and what shifts when we stop measuring growth only by speed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 
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