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Scenario

When couples struggling with mental health can't sustain exercise routines

My partner and I both have depression and we keep making exercise plans together that we both abandon, then feel guilty about, then make new plans — we're stuck in this cycle of mutual accountability that's become mutual shame.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people are discovering that shared good intentions can become shared sources of failure and judgment.

Your guide for this
Dipa
Dipa works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Movement and exercise — principles?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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