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Oct 2025
1h 49m

Valerie & Mama T - S5 | E10

Julia Gaitho
About this episode

Valerie’s mother grew up carrying the weight of a broken and unstable childhood, a stolen innocence and wounds that never found rest. In her longing to be loved, she searched for it in all the wrong places, leaving traces of that ache in her daughter’s life.

In trying to outrun her mother’s story, Valerie found herself caught in its reflection, until grace met her where pain once lived.

A story of inherited hurt, healing, and the unexpected beauty of redemption.

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