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Scenario

When immigrant couples realize they're both hiding their authentic beauty

My wife and I are both immigrants but from different places, and our daughter keeps asking why mommy and daddy make themselves look different for work, and we realized we're both code-switching our appearance but never talked about how that affects our marriage.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Marriage suffers hidden disconnection when both partners perform assimilated beauty for survival without acknowledging the shared loss.

Your guide for this
Dipa
Dipa works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Desirability and beauty standards across cultures?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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