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Meditation Isn’t About Eliminating Stress from Your Life. It’s About Learning to Sit with It. Andy Puddicombe Invites Us All to Get Some Headspace
By Sunita Sehmi — 2019
Andy Puddicombe is a meditation and mindfulness expert. An accomplished presenter and writer, Andy is the voice of all things Headspace.
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