Short Stuff: The Myth Of Closure

The Richard Nicholls Podcast by Richard Nicholls

Sep 25, 20265:18Health

Send us Fan Mail Somebody dies, or something awful happens, and sooner or later somebody will ask if you've got closure yet. Like it's a certificate. So this week I look at where that word actually came from, which is no...

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