Posts Tagged: CNN

CNN: Saving Aesha, Life After Taliban Attack

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If you’ve seen this haunting, heartbreaking cover of Time magazine, you’ve probably never forgotten it. A beautiful young woman, her face ravaged by the Taliban and her own family. That 19-year-old, once brutally mutilated for running away from her husband, is now here in the United States becoming who she was meant to be. It’s… Read more »

Olympian Overcomes Struggles With Drugs, Depression, Body Image

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Four-time Olympian Amanda Beard knows the highest highs and the most destructive lows. While winning medals in swimming, she battled eating disorders, drug use, self-mutilation and depression- all triggered in part by struggles with body image from a very young age. Sadly, her struggle is common. Her path may sound like yours, or that of… Read more »