Nuggets of Gold in Piles of Sand – Episode 122

A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back by Charlie Swenson, MD

Aug 12, 202535:49Government & Organizations

In this podcast, Charlie reflects on a recent consultation as a window into the way in which memory is tethered to certain moments, as an example of Linehan’s metaphor for validation as finding a nugget of gold in...

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