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Langley “Casual-Word” Shazor is a poet, author, publisher, entrepreneur, public speaking coach, podcast host, and pastor who ...

and their effects on psychological and physical functioning; (b) positive individual traits (e.g., values ... expressing gratitude, using personal strengths, etc.), which have demonstrated empirically ...