{"id":19903,"date":"2017-10-04T03:15:02","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T07:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=19903"},"modified":"2018-02-05T17:40:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T21:40:02","slug":"eps-116-deliberate-acts-kindness-guest-meredith-gould","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/eps-116-deliberate-acts-kindness-guest-meredith-gould\/","title":{"rendered":"Eps 116: Deliberate Acts of Kindness, Guest Meredith Gould"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to the newest episodes on the playlist!<br \/>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"638\"><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol><\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script 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