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How to honor your passions while meeting social expectations for diversity

My special interest is the only thing that makes me feel alive but everyone says I need balance and other hobbies and it makes me want to disappear.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The source of deepest meaning and vitality is pathologized by a culture that values breadth over depth.

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