Immigrant Guilt vs. Your Choice

It has been almost a decade since we came to Canada to pursue higher education fulfilling our parents’ dreams and our own. In making that choice, what we didn’t realize at the time was the very high personal cost of our choice in terms of the celebrations we will miss with our family, the tragedies we will not be able to support them through, and even the mundane moments that we will no longer get such as conversations with our sisters in the car, arguing with mom about what we want for lunch...

There are many reasons we each make that choice. But that guilt - the guilt an immigrant feels for missing the moments with their family to build a life for themselves in a new country - that guilt NEVER goes away - no matter what you accomplish. In this episode, we talk about that guilt and the reasons behind making that choice.