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Maybe Your Comfort Zone Isn’t What You Think It Is

Source: Psych Central

Psychologist Sarah Newman makes a distinction between avoiding things you fear and avoiding things you simply don’t like.

This entry was posted in Taking Risks and tagged Opinion, People, Science & Nature on May 1, 2017 by Anita Hacker.

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