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Oct 2019
38m 48s

Don't Think of the White Bear

Pushkin Industries
About this episode

Once a thought is in our heads, we can't suppress it and trying to only causes us misery. Dr Laurie Santos explains why our brains work in this way and hears from real people who have confronted and overcome disruptive thoughts and bad memories and found happiness in the process. 

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