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Mindfulness can play a big role in transforming our experience with pain & other difficulties it allows us to recognize the authenticity of the distress & yet not be overwhelmed by it.

Sharon Salzberg

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Sharon Salzberg
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 5
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