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When peer support groups encounter conflicting approaches to holistic mental health

Three of us started a peer support group focused on holistic depression management — combining medication, meditation, nutrition, and movement — but one person keeps pushing expensive supplements and wellness products that feel more like MLM territory than genuine healing support, and we don't know how to address this without fracturing the group.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A well-intentioned healing circle is being destabilized by the commercialization of wellness and conflicting definitions of what constitutes legitimate support.

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