On this episode of, It's a Code YOU!, we will be talking about using the concept of mindfulness when you have an anxious brain. Anxiety is something that most of us experience at some point in our lives. Mindfulness offers us a way to step out of that whirlwind and notice our thoughts without becoming entangled.

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