Periagoge
Scenario

When you feel like an outsider at your own family's funeral

I moved away from the rez twenty years ago and now that I'm back for my mother's funeral I feel like everyone can see that I don't belong here anymore even though this grief is breaking me open.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Sometimes the very loss that should bring us home instead highlights all the ways we've become strangers to the places that formed us.

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 Indigenous grief ceremonies?”

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.

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.