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When couples clash over traditional Indigenous healing versus Western medicine for children

My partner grew up with traditional Māori healing practices and wants to incorporate them when we start a family, but I come from a medical background and keep questioning the safety of some practices, and we're both feeling like the other doesn't respect what we bring to this future.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two worldviews about health and healing create tension around the fundamental question of how to care for those they love most.

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“Where Are You with Indigenous healing traditions — Americas and Pacific?”

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