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Defying my belief that people die at 70!

'That my mother’s family knew who this special woman was extremely important to me.'

Aug 18, 2026
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Mike and his beloved Karen.

I grew up with a profound belief that people die at 70. “Three score years and ten” was the script for life that my dad gave me and I dragged this invisible anchor along devotedly until, at the age of 26, studying psychotherapy meant I had the permission needed to challenge such assumptions. I began to believe that I was actua…

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