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Jan 2021
41m 12s

Coping with The Current Uncertainty

The Wellness Scoop
About this episode
The last year has been full of unprecedented, unexpected, uncertain moments, which have thrown many of us through a loop. Today we talk to Gelong Thubten, a Buddhist monk, about how we can sit with that fear, how we can stop our minds from racing ahead and projecting into the future and how we can find moments of calm even when the world feels upside down. W ... Show More
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