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Scenario

When cultural food values conflict with spiritual fasting practice

My doctor cleared me for intermittent fasting but every time I skip breakfast I hear my Italian grandmother's voice saying I'm insulting the gift of abundance and now I don't know if I'm honoring my body or disrespecting my heritage.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Inherited cultural relationships with food can create internal tension when adopting spiritual practices that seem to contradict ancestral wisdom.

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

“Where Are You with Fasting as spiritual practice?”

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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