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Scenario

When self-care advice conflicts with cultural values about collective responsibility

Everyone keeps telling me to practice self-care but in my family taking care of yourself before others is selfish and I cannot reconcile this.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Individualistic wellness paradigms can violate communal ethics and create guilt around necessary self-preservation.

Your guide for this
Patan
Patan works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Cultural idioms of distress?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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