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Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow
By Elizabeth Lesser — 2005
Elizabeth Lesser shares tales of ordinary people who have emerged from difficult experiences stronger, wiser, and more in touch with their purpose and passion. See more...
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Elizabeth Lesser shares tales of ordinary people who have emerged from difficult experiences stronger, wiser, and more in touch with their purpose and passion. She includes tools and resources from the world’s great spiritual and psychological traditions to support us as we too learn to break open and blossom into who we were meant to be.
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