Rachel Benavidez: This is important stuff, and this is an important sisterhood that we have. And Virginia said, “Well, we want to focus on moving forward,” which absolutely, I do. I want to move forward with this, and help other women and children. Virginia Giuffre: That’s what we were. Rachel Benavidez: So, it’s very important.…
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Trigger Warning: This article contains descriptions of sexual trauma. I’ve recently become one of those people who is into reiki—aka “energy healing,” a form of alternative medicine. This is a complete shock to me—I generally raise my eyebrows at mentions of “chakras” and “attuning”—but I’m now that girl. Whenever it comes up in conversation that…
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Elizabeth Wieland is a stay-at-home mom and part-time preschool teacher in Phoenix, Arizona. Seven years ago she and her husband Jon endured one of life’s most unexpected and painful journeys: a pregnancy loss of one of their twins and a nearly four-month stay in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for their surviving son Jacob.…
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