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Scenario

When scientific education creates doubt about ancestral mourning practices

I am a doctor and my colleague died, and I want to honor him with our traditional funeral rites, but my medical training makes me question some of the practices and I feel guilty for my doubt.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Professional knowledge can create internal conflict with inherited spiritual beliefs about death and honoring.

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 African grief traditions — communal mourning?”

Peri

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