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The psychotherapist and yogi was also diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
By Wendy Joan Biddlecombe
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We can be quite happy with a question mark. It’s not a problem at all, actually, as long as we don’t solidify it or base our whole life on feeling threatened by it.
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