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    What LEGO Can Teach Us About Sobriety, Recovery and the Power of Play

    Tamar RoutlyBy Tamar RoutlyJuly 26, 20266 Mins Read
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    A toy box is a strange place to find a recovery lesson. Except it isn't, not really. Every LEGO set starts as a pile of pieces and a promise: follow this, brick by brick, and something whole shows up on the other side. That's basically the whole program, if you think about it. So instead of just tal...

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    Tamar Routly is the founder of Podcast Impact Studio, where she helps purpose-driven entrepreneurs stop performing and start connecting. A podcast producer, coach, and woman in recovery, Tamar knows that the most powerful stories are the ones we’ve been afraid to tell. She’s here because this community gets it — and so does she.

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