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Why entertaining others becomes performance anxiety

I love hosting dinner parties but spend days obsessing over every detail and then can't enjoy the actual event because I'm monitoring everyone's reactions to the food.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Your desire to create connection has become contaminated by the need for approval and control over others' experiences.

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