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The Name You Forgot: Making Peace With Memory & Guilt | The Healing Lab
In this episode of The Healing Lab, host Elizabeth Dunleavy explores the deep-seated anxiety and guilt that accompany forgetting someone’s name, reframing these moments not as failures of character but as opportunities for vulnerability and deeper connection. If you have ever experienced that sudden panic when a loved one’s name slips from your mind, this episode offers immediate relief and practical strategies to dismantle the shame spiral. We discuss why memory is more like a garden than a hard drive, explaining how stress, fatigue, and mental clutter cause names to get lost, and why…
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