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Scenario

When helping others after loss feels like betraying your grief

Three years after my daughter died in a car accident, I finally started volunteering at the children's hospital and I feel guilty that helping other families makes me feel alive again when my own child is gone.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The guilt of finding meaning and vitality through service when your own loss remains unhealed creates a painful tension between growth and loyalty to what was lost.

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

“Where Are You with Post-traumatic growth — what can grow in the soil of loss?”

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.