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When duty and self-discovery collide in midlife

I'm 45 and just realized I've spent my whole life trying to be the person my immigrant parents needed me to be instead of figuring out who I actually am.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The complex reckoning that comes with recognizing how survival strategies become identity prisons.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Identity and community — who we are in belonging?”

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