The Illusion Of Control

Radio Headspace by Headspace Studios

Sep 21, 20266:01Health

Anxiety makes a compelling promise: Get everything under control and then you'll feel better. So we plan more, predict more, and prepare for possibilities that haven't happened. But certainty keeps moving further away. T...

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