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Mar 2020
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"Lo que puede un cuerpo" (“What the Body...

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For 30 years, Ana Larriel struggled with her weight and her body image. Until she decided her body wasn't what needed to change. The cultural perspective she had grown up with was what needed changing.
A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3rg9zPl.

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