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Let me see if you've ever experienced something like this.

I hope I'm not alone.

Your chest tightens before the phone call.

Oh, right?

Not during, before.

Before you even pick up the phone, your body knows. Your shoulders, they climb toward your ears. Your jaws clinch. Your breath gets really shallow.

You haven't even said hello yet. I mean, you haven't heard their voice, but your body, oh, my goodness,

your body already knows what's coming. It's listening. Or maybe it's not a phone call. Maybe

it's a room or a certain house or a specific person. You walk in and your stomach drops,

your pulse quickens you.

Fill yourself shrinking, bracing, preparing.

And your mind says, it's fine.

It's fine.

No, really.

Everything's fine.

But goodness, your body totally disagrees let's dive in I'm

Chad Lawson and let's comment down in three two one unless you've been living under a rock which I have to admit sounds kind of nice sometimes,

you've probably heard this next sentence.

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