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Every instance of heartbreak can teach us powerful lessons about creating the kind of love we really want.

Martha Beck

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Martha Beck
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
Author
Journalist
Sociologist
Provo
Utah
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Heartbreak
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