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Why returning home feels like grieving

I moved to the mainland for college and every time I come home to the islands I feel this deep grief that I can't explain, like I'm mourning something that's still alive.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Geographic displacement from sacred land creates a persistent spiritual homesickness that defies rational explanation.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous spiritualities — Pacific?”

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