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Why conditional belonging creates chronic self-doubt in spiritual communities

I have been going to this spiritual community for eight months and I still feel like I am auditioning for acceptance and I do not know if the problem is my attachment or their conditional welcome.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The unclear criteria for inclusion is generating ongoing anxiety about worthiness that gets attributed to personal spiritual deficiency.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Psychological safety in communities?”

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