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Clinical psychologist, author, and host of the Optimistic American podcast, Dr. Emily Bashah, shares the story of her parent's flee from Iraq under Saddam Hussein, explains why she's staying optimistic despite America giving in to "addictive ideologies", and talks about gratitude and resilience, reaching for purpose and meaning over happiness, the nature of free will, learning through discovery, being aware of your agency, and why strength + trauma = survivorship.
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