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Speaker 1: It's time for your favorite podcast, Cheeky's and Chill. I'm

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Speaker 1: your host Cheeky's and I'm so happy to be recording

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Speaker 1: Gonna make this short and sweet and to the point,

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Speaker 1: but bottom line, I love therapy and I think we

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Speaker 1: So if you can, I would highly recommend that you

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