Breaking Silence Season 2 Laulima Hansen
Health & Wellbeing
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10m
Research shows victims of childhood abuse are twice as likely as others to enter an abusive relationship when they're adults. Lima, who once rejected her Samoan roots in an effort to move on from the horrific abuse suffered as a child, her faith gave her the strength to forgive, and to share her powerful story.
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