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When traditional healing conflicts with family expectations

My husband thinks my work with curanderos is taking money away from our kids, but the Western doctors couldn't help with my chronic pain and working with plant medicines has been the only thing that's given me relief. I'm tired of having to choose between my healing and his approval.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The pursuit of indigenous healing practices creates relational tension when partners hold different worldviews about legitimate medicine and spiritual practice.

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