From Wisdom 2.0 2019 in San Francisco.
16:35 min
CLEAR ALL
Have you noticed that no matter how much time you spend in talk therapy, you still feel anxious and triggered? That is because talk therapy can keep you stuck in a pattern of reliving your stories, rather than moving beyond them.
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