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You can accept or reject the way you are treated by other people. But until you heal the wounds of your past, you are going to bleed.

Iyanla Vanzant

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Iyanla Vanzant
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 13
Motivational Speaker
Spiritual Teacher
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Rhonda Eva Harris
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