Wounded Healers Series: Kristi Thornton, on Being an Orphan, Hummingbirds & Coping with Medical Anxiety

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Hi Listeners! Meet one of Steph's all-time favorite people, Kristi. Welcome to Season 2, Episode 11 of Therapists IRL. Kristi shares openly about what it is like to be orphaned, having lost her mom as a toddler and her father a few years ago. She also shares about the impact of Long COVID on her overall health, and the anxiety that comes from living with unexpected and frightening impacts, and her quest for wellness.

(As you listen, you may notice we reference the upcoming holidays a lot... that's because this episode has been sitting in the archives since November. Oops. Chalk it up to real life, I guess.)

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