My teenage daughter and I have been practicing mindfulness together since her anxiety got really bad last year, but lately our sessions feel forced and I can sense her pulling away from the whole thing. I'm worried that my own need for this practice to 'work' for her is actually making it another source of pressure instead of relief.
More people experience this than they realize.
The very intimacy that makes shared practice powerful can also make it a site where our deepest fears and expectations about each other get unconsciously enacted.
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