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Sep 2016
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EP#046 - Could you leave Your Children B...

BARBARA STEVENS - BREAKUPS, SEPARATIONS, DIVORCE, SELF HELP, HEALING, SURVI
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After fifteen years of physical and mental abuse Jan made the heart breaking decision to leave the family home without her children. The abuse and intimidation continued even after she left; he stalked her, slashed her tyres & made continual death threats. Jan refused to play victim & regained her self-esteem and started a career she was told was out of her reach. Jan slowly rebuilt relationships with her children only to have her daughter tragically taken away from her.

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