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How parental expectations can override authentic calling

I chose law school over art school to please my parents and now I'm a successful lawyer who hasn't touched a paintbrush in fifteen years and feels dead inside.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Living someone else's version of success can leave us professionally accomplished but spiritually bankrupt.

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