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The Most Powerful Muscle in the World

A Guest Essay from Stephanie Duncan Smith

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Sarah Bessey and Stephanie Duncan Smith
Oct 29, 2024
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Note: In the interest of sensitivity for those who find the topics of birth, pregnancy, and loss to be tender ones, what follows explores those topics, so please take care of yourself.

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Stephanie Duncan Smith
Senior editor at HarperOne, creator of the Slant Letter Substack for writers, and author of Even After Everything: The Spiritual Practice of Knowing the Risks and Loving Anyway, available now.
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