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Scenario

How to explain survival choices to the next generation

I changed my name from Priya to Patricia when I started my career and now my daughter is asking why we have different last names and I do not know how to explain that I was trying to survive.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Assimilation strategies that once felt necessary now require reckoning with their impact on identity and family legacy.

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 Postcolonial identity and decolonization?”

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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