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Mar 2022
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Family Reconciliation & Writing to Heal ...

SUE MARRIOTT LCSW, CGP & ANN KELLEY PHD
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Writing courageous words can heal deep wounds. In today's episode with Courage to Heal author Laura Davis, we discuss reading and writing as part of our therapeutic journey aka bibliotherapy, family reconciliation, mother-daughter bonding and we explore the questionable power of memory. Her new memoir, the Burning Light of 2 Stars, Laura Davis and Sue Marr ... Show More
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