A framework for helping children reconstruct a sense of home, safety, and belonging after loss disrupts their foundational sense of place and security.
Mirabai was exiled from her home, rejected by family, and wandered between kingdoms, yet found home in her devotional practice and connection to Krishna—an internal sanctuary that transcended physical location. For children grieving the death of a parent, sibling, or central figure, the home itself often feels unsafe, haunted, or fundamentally altered. This concept guides children in gradually reimagining home not as a place that's unchanged but as something that can be rebuilt. This might mean creating new rituals, honoring both what's lost and what remains, finding safe spaces within the home, or even physically rearranging to acknowledge change. It includes validating that home feels different now while helping children establish new anchors: people, practices, spaces, objects that provide continuity and safety. Like Mirabai's internal spiritual home, children can develop internal resources—trusted relationships, spiritual practices, embodied calmness—that feel like home regardless of external circumstances. Reimagining home acknowledges grief while supporting young people in building secure foundations from which they can gradually engage with a world forever altered by loss.
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