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Jun 2023
57m 42s

A Nuclear Family

Sven Erlandson
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Christa describes her childhood as "World War III." But who was the aggressor? Sven helps Christa blow up the falsehood of her family's myth that the parents were great and the kids were bad. All she wanted was a Dad, but he was always absent, and Mom was cruel and abusive. Christa makes dramatic progress in discovering the root of her pain in this hopeful, illuminating episode. Explicit content.  

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