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When cultural expectations clash with natural grief process

My son died two years ago and the grief is eating me alive but my culture says I should be over it by now and Western counseling feels hollow

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Imposed timelines for healing violate the soul's organic rhythm of processing profound loss

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with African healing traditions for mental distress?”

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