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When therapeutic advice makes things worse

My therapist suggested gardening for anxiety but I killed three houseplants last month and now I'm anxious about being anxious about plants.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Prescriptive solutions for emotional distress can create additional layers of failure when our capacity for care feels fundamentally broken.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Food growing and connection to land?”

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