{"title":"Home page","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"13elephants-third-space","title":"13elephants: third space","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15.0pt;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\"\u003e“I win when I lose. I lose when I win.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10.0pt;\"\u003eI am two years of age. I am wrapped in medical cloth. 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And about getting up again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #CCCCCC .75pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 7.5pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 7.5pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; color: #1f4e5c;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15.0pt;\"\u003eDr Micheal Brown is a researcher, wellbeing consultant, and host of the \u003ci\u003e13elephants\u003c\/i\u003e podcast. 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