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