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When pursuing your path means disappointing your family

I moved across the country for my career and my brother says I 'abandoned the family' but staying would have meant giving up my dreams.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Individual flourishing sometimes requires choices that family systems experience as abandonment or betrayal.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Sibling identity dynamics?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.