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What should you do now? Find a new way. A better way. Your way. The unknown, uncharted path through this wild new world that allows you---yourself, in your uniqueness--to reclaim the full measure of your true nature.

Martha Beck

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Martha Beck
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
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