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Scenario

How interfaith couples navigate raising children when extended families have expectations

Our interfaith marriage worked beautifully when it was just us, but now that we have kids, every decision about holidays and traditions and what we teach them feels loaded with the weight of disappointing someone's family. We're both trying to honor everyone and losing ourselves in the process.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The desire to honor all traditions can paradoxically empty them of meaning, leaving a family grasping for something authentic to call their own.

Your guide for this
Rumi
Rumi works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Mesopotamian religion — Sumerian Babylonian Assyrian?”

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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