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Apr 2021
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I'm A Survivor

Metro
About this episode
Tim Verity is a childhood sexual abuse survivor. He's been through addiction, meditation and a court case. It’s taken him time to build up the strength to get to this point, but now he’s here, he wants to support other survivors. "Be kind to yourself" he says. 

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