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When mental health professionals don't understand spiritual fasting

My therapist says my religious fasting is just another form of control after my divorce but it feels like the opposite, like finally letting go, and I don't know who to trust about my own experience.

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The tension between psychological and spiritual frameworks can create confusion about what constitutes healthy spiritual practice.

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“Where Are You with Fasting as spiritual practice?”

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