Periagoge
Scenario

When couples in similar fields develop competing ideas about meaningful work

My spouse and I both work in social justice but in very different contexts - they work with policy and I do direct service - and we're starting to judge each other's work as either too removed from real impact or too small-scale to matter. It's creating distance between us when we used to feel like we were on the same team.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Partners who share values can become estranged when they develop different theories of change that implicitly critique each other's choices.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Converting — gaining a new identity?”

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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