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When personal growth conflicts with cultural values

My therapist says I need to set boundaries with my mother but my culture says respecting your parents is everything and I feel like I'm betraying my whole identity.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You're navigating the tension between individual authenticity and collective belonging.

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“Where Are You with Existentialist authenticity vs. bad faith?”

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