Episode 1: Dear Madison | FT

Madison Marriage receives an e-mail from a determined father named Stephen. Over the previous 5 years, he says, his twin daughters have modified drastically. They have been brilliant and outgoing, with thrilling plans for his or her future. But over their early twenties, they grew to become more and more distressed, struggling to eat or sleep and disassociating from regular life. Stephen believes the foundation of his daughters’ issues is a selected community of intensive meditation retreats.

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If you might be in want of pressing psychological well being assist, please contact your native emergency companies or attain out to a psychological well being helpline, such because the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (https://988lifeline.org) within the US or Samaritans (https://www.samaritans.org) within the UK.

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