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S3 Lemn Sissay: ‘I only knew the importance of family by not having it’

How Do You Cope? …with Elis and John

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You Know, Humility Can Be Arrogance

Do you feel lucky compared to some of the people for whom that trauma became overwhelming? And do you often get contacted by people with their own stories of life in care? Probably every two days I'll get something from somebody at some part of the country or world who's been, had some experience of being in care or not. "You don't get here without doing the work," he says - and therapy is one of the best things that happened to him as an adult. 'I'm just trying to get through and it helps me get through'

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