Periagoge
Scenario

Why helping others sometimes feels meaningless

I've been volunteering at the food bank for months thinking it would make me feel purposeful but mostly I just feel like I'm putting a band-aid on a system that's fundamentally broken.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Individual acts of compassion can feel insufficient when confronted with the scale of structural suffering.

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 Humanism and secular meaning?”

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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