The Ghosts That Haunt Women – And the Jewels That Transform Them - Nicole Daedone
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The Ghosts That Haunt Women – And the Jewels That Transform Them - Nicole Daedone
The answer is an unequivocal yes. So why, if this is all so and too true, do women keep trying to bend and fold themselves into shapes that are not theirs? I must say, from years of clinical observation of this problem, that most of the time it is not because of deep-seated masochism or a malignant dedication to self-destruction or anything of that
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