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Scenario

How to navigate caregiving when parent relationships are complicated

My mother and I have always had a complicated relationship and now that she's getting older and more dependent, I feel obligated to help her but also resentful, and neither of us knows how to talk about the years of hurt between us.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Duty and love become confused when the person who needs our care is also the source of our deepest wounds.

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Mira
Mira works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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