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When different generations clash over pace and presence

My adult children visit and immediately revert to rushed, scheduled mode while I've been learning to move more slowly and it creates this tension where I feel like I'm losing them to the speed of their lives. We love each other but we're operating on such different frequencies that our time together feels strained instead of nourishing.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Family members discovering that evolving relationships with time can create unexpected distance even in loving relationships.

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“Where Are You with Mediterranean relationship with time?”

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