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<p dir="auto">They become the emotional thermostat for everyone else, then wonder why their own breath disappears.</p>
<p dir="auto">If we keep asking spiritual guides to be parents, healers, and 11 p.m. dream interpreters, we’ll drain the well.</p>
<p dir="auto"><em>(There's a deeper dive on this in our <a href="https://aetherritual.com/wiki/inner-alchemy/anxiety-healing.html">wiki: Anxiety and Spirituality: When Anxiety Becomes a Spiritual Invitation | Mystic Wiki</a>.)</em></p>
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