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Letting Go of Avoidance: Bringing the Present and Future back Online
Letting Go of Avoidance: Bringing the Present and Future back Online
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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Dec 8, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In today’s episode, we we do a deeper exploration of avoidance. Avoidance is very common, and is often employed in everyday life in a way that’s smart and helpful. However, when it comes to the avoidance that follows after painful experiences, we often end up avoiding too much and more than we need to. As a result, it costs us the more beautiful experiences of life, precisely the ones that can serve to heal us.
Released:
Dec 8, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (18)
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