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Oct 2019
1h 26m

What A Body Remembers - Karen Stefano

PAUL GILMARTIN
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Despite being attacked as a college student, the author of What A Body Remembers went on to become an attorney defending violent offenders. She talks about the various ways trauma ripples thru our later lives and finding her voice despite anxiety, hyper vigilance, PTSD & shame. More About Our Guest http://stefanokaren.com/ https://www.facebook.com/karen.stef ... Show More
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