Periagoge
Scenario

When immigrant families struggle to maintain buen vivir across cultures

My family immigrated from Ecuador and my parents want to maintain sumak kawsay practices at home while my siblings and I feel torn between honoring our heritage and fitting into American individualism, and Sunday dinners have become tense because no one wants to hurt feelings but we all experience buen vivir differently.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A family is caught between preserving ancestral ways of living and adapting to a culture that fundamentally contradicts those values.

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

“Where Are You with Buen Vivir — Latin American indigenous worldview and technology?”

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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