Our book club has been meeting for fifteen years and one of our founding members recently died, and we can't agree on whether to keep her chair empty, invite someone new, or change our whole format. We're all grieving differently and our different ways of honoring her are starting to create conflict about what this group should become.
More people experience this than they realize.
Continuing a shared practice after loss requires negotiating between preservation and evolution, and different approaches to grief can fracture the very community being preserved.
“Where Are You with What you take with you — the inner legacy that death carries away?”
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.