So Special/So Wounded: Navigating Our Hopes & Fears

Shell Fischer's Podcast by Mindful Shenandoah Valley

May 24, 202550:28Religion & Spirituality

We all tend to seek out and hope for gain, status, praise, and pleasure, and resist or fear loss, disgrace, blame, and pain – even though all are inescapable, and visit each of us in different forms throughout our lives....

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