Week 8: The Nature of Our Lives

In this session we talk about the nature of our lives and review some of the concepts we’ve discussed over the past 7 sessions. We conclude by explaining who we really are and how we can use this knowledge to reverse disease and cultivate our character so that we can become the person we want to be.

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