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How to maintain indigenous reciprocity without enabling financial dependency

I make six figures now but every time my cousin asks to borrow money I say yes even though she never pays me back and I'm starting to resent my own family.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Authentic generosity becomes corrupted when cultural obligations override healthy boundaries and mutual respect.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous approaches to wealth and sharing?”

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