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Scenario

How digestive issues change friend group dynamics around food

Our friend group used to bond over food and now two of us have developed serious digestive issues that make eating out complicated — we're all trying to be accommodating but there's this awkward dance around restaurant choices and someone always ends up feeling guilty or left out. Nobody wants to be the reason we can't go somewhere but we also can't pretend this isn't affecting how we spend time together.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Well-meaning accommodation creates new forms of exclusion and guilt within established social bonds.

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 Digestive health and the gut-brain axis?”

Peri

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