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Sep 2020
28m 36s

Ep 270. How to Say Hard Things

Jody Moore
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Listen in this week as I share four tools you can use the next time you have something that is hard to say. These tools will help you stay out of other people's models where you're trying to control their emotions and reactions, and instead, become comfortable with other people having their opinions, and show up from a place of love both for yourself and the other person.

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