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Why mindfulness advice feels privileged

My therapist says I need to live in the present but my rent is due next week and my car needs repairs and I cannot afford to not think about the future.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The luxury of presence requires a security that many do not possess.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Hope as temporal orientation?”

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