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Send me a text 💌 This episode is about the myth of arrival: the belief that there's a finish line where you'll finally be happy, finally rest, finally be enough. Marriage. Weight loss. Paying off debt. Building a business. The perfect job. We've been conditioned to believe that when we get there, we'll have peace. But there is no "there." And the finish lines we're chasing? Most of them are imaginary. In this episode: Why "happily ever after" is a lie we've been told since childhoodThe billio...
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