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How to Be Authentic in Communities That Expect Positivity

I told my cancer support group that meditation helps me stay positive, but actually I feel angry and terrified most days and I do not want to disappoint them.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Belonging in healing communities can paradoxically require suppressing the very struggles we need to process.

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