My sister and I started walking together to get exercise but she uses it to vent about her marriage problems and I end up feeling like her therapist rather than her walking partner. I want to be supportive but our walks have become emotionally exhausting and I've started making excuses not to go.
More people experience this than they realize.
The openness that walking creates has become unbalanced, turning your shared practice into an unpaid counseling session.
“Where Are You with Walking — a philosophy of?”
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