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When spiritual practices feel performative

I keep a gratitude journal because everyone says it's spiritual but writing in it feels like lying to myself about how hard everything actually is.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Popular spiritual techniques create pressure to experience positivity that conflicts with authentic emotional reality.

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