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Scenario

How to process complex ancestral survival

My therapist says I have 'survivor's guilt' about slavery but my ancestors were enslaved not enslavers and I don't know what I'm supposed to feel guilty about surviving.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The weight of ancestral endurance can create confusing emotional landscapes in descendants.

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 Historical grief — intergenerational mourning?”

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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