Meeting You Where You Are

Sometimes it feels like you’re caught between two worlds.

You came to this country in search of new opportunities for yourself and your family.

The home you left is thousands of miles away and has undoubtedly changed since you’ve been gone.

In some ways, you’ve begun to identify more with an American way of life, but part of you is still deeply rooted in the old country.

Where is home now?

You’ve accomplished a lot here.

Developing a career where you are successful and well-respected…

Cultivating close relationships and unlocking new parts of your identity…

Even building your own family…

But you often feel you’re spread too thin.

Your work life is demanding and stressful.

It’s difficult for you to set healthy boundaries, and you frequently have more on your plate than you can handle.

You can’t seem to switch off this anxiety, so you bring it home with you. And the stress has begun to affect your relationships.

You’re used to doing a lot on your own.

Growing up with immigrant parents has made you independent and driven.

But it also left you to deal with the cultural dissonance by yourself. Your parents would have loved to help you, but they were busy building a better life for you.

So, you supported yourself growing up, rarely asking for any help and not even sure where to find it.

The pressure to succeed and justify all your parents’ sacrifices was deafening at times, and the life you now lead sometimes feels like a continuation of that path.

It can be difficult to find people who understand your unique perspective.

Since you don’t fit neatly into a box, it sometimes seems that you can only find support for part of your identity.

This pull between the Old World values of home and the societal expectations of American culture creates a chasm that you’re unsure how to bridge. Which values are meaningful to you now?

As a result, you feel deep loneliness and disconnection. Something must change.