My best friend and I both went through divorces last year and we thought it would bring us closer but instead we keep getting into these weird competitions about whose ex was worse or whose recovery is more impressive, and I'm realizing we don't actually know how to be vulnerable with each other without turning it into performance. We're grieving our marriages but also maybe our friendship as we knew it.
More people experience this than they realize.
Parallel pain can breed comparison rather than connection when people don't know how to be authentically witnessed.
“Where Are You with What grief reveals about what matters?”
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.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.