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MINDFUL MOTHER

At the age of 17, Dr. Shauna Shapiro had spinal fusion surgery that involved having a metal rod inserted in her spine. Once a healthy, active teenager who was captain of her volleyball team, she found herself confined to a hospital bed, unable to walk.

“Laying in bed all day gave me time to explore my thoughts and read,” she said in an interview with the Call Me Lore blog. “My dad gave me a John Kabat-Zin book that said, ‘where you go, there you are’ and

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