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Scenario

How families navigate anniversary grief when everyone needs something different

Our family is coming up on the one-year anniversary of my sister's death and we can't agree on how to honor her memory. My mom wants a big celebration of life, my dad thinks that's too painful, I want something private and spiritual, and my brother just wants to pretend the day doesn't exist. We're all grieving her but we're also grieving who we used to be as a family.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A family discovers that honoring shared loss becomes impossible when each person's spiritual relationship to grief demands fundamentally different forms of remembrance.

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 as spiritual practice?”

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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