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Scenario

When community values clash with practical necessities in group decisions

Our housing cooperative is trying to decide whether to allow short-term rentals to help with expenses, and it's revealing deep splits about whether we're primarily a community or a financial arrangement. Some people feel like we're betraying our values by prioritizing money, while others think we're being impractical about our economic reality.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A community is discovering that shared ideals can conflict with shared survival needs, forcing a reckoning with priorities.

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

“Where Are You with Adopted identity — chosen and given?”

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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