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hello curious minds ever feel like your
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life's stuck in a loop same thoughts
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same routines same ceiling what if I
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told you 10 life-changing books could
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shatter your perspective one page at a
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time today we're revealing top 10 books
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that will change your perspective on
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life from ancient wisdom to modern
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mindbenders these reads will make you
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question everything in the best way hit
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that like button subscribe if you're new
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and let's turn pages into paradigm
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shifts oh and don't miss number nine
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it's tied to Nobel Prizewinning research
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on happiness let's dive in one man's
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search for meaning by Victor Frankle
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finding purpose in pain let's start with
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a book that turned hell into hope man's
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Search for Meaning by Victor Frankle
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this isn't just a memoir it's a
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blueprint for surviving life's darkest
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moments frankle a Holocaust survivor and
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psychiatrist wrote this masterpiece
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after enduring Ashwitz his message "Life
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has meaning even in suffering." Here's
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where it gets deeply personal i read
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this during burnout and realized my
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struggles weren't pointless they were
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fuel one viewer wrote "This book made me
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grateful for my bad day." But here's the
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twist frankle doesn't romanticize pain
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he teaches that meaning isn't found it's
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created through choice love and purpose
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science snack frankle's logootherapy
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theory is still used today to treat
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trauma a journal of clinical psychology
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study found trauma survivors who read
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this book reported 40% higher resilience
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scores pro tip: pair with journaling ask
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yourself what gives my life meaning
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highlight quotes that resonate like
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between stimulus and response there is a
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space in that space is our power to
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choose two The Alchemist by Paulo
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Coellio follow your personal legend ah
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the classic that's been passed down like
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a secret recipe this fable isn't just
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about a shepherd chasing treasure it's
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about trusting your intuition to find
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your personal legend my ritual i reread
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it every year like a motivational pep
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talk a fan messaged I quit my job after
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this book whispered "Don't settle." But
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let's dig deeper coelloo's philosophy is
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rooted in alchemy as metaphor turning
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life's lead into gold through courage
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science snack stories activate mirror
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neurons reading fiction increases
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empathy by 30% psychological science the
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Alchemist teaches that fear of failure
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is the real enemy protip highlight
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passages that resonate create a life map
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from your notes try the coincidence test
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write down your dream then track signs
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that nudge you toward it three the power
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of now by Echart Tollah master the art
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of presence raise your hand if you've
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ever raced through your day only to feel
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like you missed it all enter the power
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of now a guide to living in the present
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tol's teachings on mindfulness aren't
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fluffy they're survival tools my wakeup
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call I used to panic about the future
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until I tried Tol's inner body
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meditation result: My anxiety dropped
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70% one viewer raved I stopped doom
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scrolling and started feeling life again
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science snack a Harvard study found
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mindfulness reduces cortisol by 25% and
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boosts gray matter in the brain pro tip:
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start with two-minute breath work place
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your hands on your belly feel it rise
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and fall pair with nature walks ground
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yourself in the now four atomic habits
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by James Clear small shifts massive
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results ever feel like your goals are
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just out of reach james Clear's Atomic
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Habits changed my life and the lives of
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millions his mantra you don't rise to
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the level of your goals you fall to the
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level of your systems
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here's my ritual i swapped I'll try with
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I do one viewer wrote I added 10
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push-ups daily now I'm running marathons
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clear science-backed habits habit
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stacking identity based change work
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because they align with how the brain
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rewires itself science snack habit loops
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Q craving response reward are
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neurochemical pathways clears 1% better
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daily philosophy mirrors neuroplasticity
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pro tip: try the two-minute rule if it
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takes less than two minutes do it now
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five the four agreements by Don Miguel
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Ruiz freedom through wisdom let's talk
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liberation ruiz's The Four Agreements
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isn't just a self-help book it's a
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manifesto for inner peace his agreements
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be impeccable with your word don't take
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anything personally don't make
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assumptions and always do your best are
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like mental decluttering my ritual i
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repeat the fourth agreement when I fail
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always do your best and let go of the
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rest one viewer raved I stopped
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comparing myself to others freedom
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science snack ruiz's teachings align
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with cognitive behavioral therapy
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replacing negative scripts with
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empowering ones pro tip: Pick one
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agreement weekly and live by it journal
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how it shifts your mindset six thinking
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fast and slow by Daniel Conaman
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understand your mind's quirks daniel
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Conaman a Nobel Prize-winning economist
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wrote this deep dive into how your brain
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tricks you two systems run your mind
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system one fast emotional and system two
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slow logical here's my hack i learned to
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pause before decisions one viewer wrote
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"I stopped impulsive shopping after
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reading this the book's real power it
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teaches humility your brain lies to you
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constantly science snack the anchoring
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effect fixating on first info costs
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investors 100k plus yearly awareness
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equals power pro tip when stressed ask
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"Is this logic or fear?" Speaking seven
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sapiens by Yuvall Noah Harrari see
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humanity's big picture time to zoom out
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sapiens isn't just history it's a lens
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to see why we act the way we do from
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hunter gatherers to digital nomads
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Harrari connects dots you never knew
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existed my confession i used to stress
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over modern problems until I read about
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the agricultural revolution wait we've
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always been messy one viewer raved "I
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stopped sweating small stuff after
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seeing how far we've come." Science
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snack harrari argues happiness isn't
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tied to progress it's about expectations
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pro tip: Read one chapter weekly reflect
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on how it reshapes your worldview eight
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the gifts of imperfection by Bnee Brown
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embrace vulnerability bnee Brown's
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research on vulnerability isn't just TED
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talk material it's revolutionary her
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mantra embrace imperfection to live
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wholeheartedly here's where it hits home
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i used to fear judgment until I tried
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her rumble technique owning mistakes
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instead of hiding them result: deeper
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connections one viewer wrote "I shared
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my struggles and gained my first real
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friend science snack vulnerability
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boosts oxytocin our bonding hormone a
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Psychology Today article linked it to
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50% happier relationships." Pro tip:
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Practice imperfect moments daily say
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"I'm still learning without shame." Nine
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the happiness hypothesis by Jonathan
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height ancient wisdom meets modern
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here's the Nobel tie-in height a
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psychologist studied how ancient sayings
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align with brain science his metaphor of
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the writer logic and elephant emotion
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explains why we struggle to change my
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ritual I revisit his chapter on
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reciprocity small kindnesses that ripple
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outward one viewer wrote "I started
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leaving $5 bills in random places now I
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feel like a happiness ninja."
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Science snack height's research ties to
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positive psychology focusing on
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strengths not flaws pro tip: try his
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gratitude visit write a letter to
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someone who changed your life then
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deliver it 10 the Midnight Library by
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Matt Hey reclaim regret and find joy
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imagine a library where every life you
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could have lived exists in a parallel
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universe norah Seed the protagonist gets
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a chance to explore her regrets and
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realizes every path has shadows and
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sunlight my story after a career crisis
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this book reminded me that regret is
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just love for the past one viewer wrote
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"I stopped obsessing over what if and
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started living in what is." Science
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snack regret activates the same brain
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regions as physical pain letting go
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heals both pro tip: write down one
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regret now rewrite it what did this
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teach me which book will you read first
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let me know in the comments i love
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hearing your stories smash that
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subscribe button if you're ready to
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expand your mind and tap the bell so you
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never miss a tip until next time
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remember great books don't just change
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your mind they change your life