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Scenario

When couples use unhelpful grief platitudes on each other

My wife and I both lost parents this year and we keep trying to comfort each other with the same empty phrases that other people use on us. We know they don't help when others say them to us, but somehow we fall back on them with each other and it's creating this weird distance between us.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Even those who intimately know the poverty of conventional comfort can find themselves offering the very words that have failed them.

Your guide for this
Mira
Mira works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with What not to say to a grieving person?”

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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