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How perfectionism prevents cultural reconnection

I keep saying I'll learn Mandarin to connect with my heritage 'when I have more time' but it's been fifteen years and I think I'm just scared of not being good at it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Fear of inadequacy in reclaiming identity keeps us forever distanced from parts of ourselves we long to recover.

Ideas that help explain it
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