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I wish we could treat our bodies as the place we live from, rather than regard it as a place to be worked on, as though it were a disagreeable old kitchen in need of renovation and update.

Susie Orbach

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Susie Orbach
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: November 6
Journalist
Psychologist
Psychotherapist
Writer
London
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