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Dec 2024
54m 39s

A Lifetime of Grieving

Sven Erlandson
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Sven counsels two different women who both struggle with the lasting effects, the guilt and the shame, of childhood abuse in the extreme. New understandings abound when Sven probes their painful memories and feelings. Meet Libby and Skeeter, who end up helping each other, and join in their journey to a new sense of aliveness! Explicit content. Send us Fan Ma ... Show More
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