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Why Happiness Isn’t Always Comfortable

Thuddd. That was the sound my body made when it slammed against the mat.

Along with being a mindfulness teacher and psychotherapist, I am also an actor. Once upon a time, much to everyone’s surprise, I was hired with no prior experience to do a stunt in a commercial. I had to launch myself off a trampoline and appear to fly across a table as I plucked a pear from someone’s hand.

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