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Scenario

When siblings grieve their family identity during major transitions

My sister and I have been cleaning out our childhood home after mom moved to assisted living and we keep getting into fights that aren't really about the stuff we're sorting through but about who we were as a family before everything changed and neither of us wants to let go of that version of ourselves.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The dismantling of a shared childhood world forces a reckoning with selves that can only exist in relation to what no longer is.

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

“Where Are You with Grief for lost identity — who you were before?”

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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