Family Expectations & Identity

Explore articles on balancing family expectations, honoring cultural roots, and navigating identity as a first-gen professional.

Choosing Rest Without Rejecting Family

For first-gen professionals, saying yes to every request can feel like love — but it often drains us. Learn how choosing rest without rejecting family can reshape guilt into clarity, using simple scripts for later yes, reframes, and grounded care.

Balance & Boundaries

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Digital illustration of a young professional sitting above ground while deep roots extend into layered soil, symbolizing setting boundaries without guilt and staying grounded in family values.

Setting Boundaries Without Guilt as a First-Gen Professional: The Weight of Yes

First-gen professionals often carry family urgency as their own. This story explores how setting boundaries without guilt protects the values you hold—love, respect, safety—while keeping you grounded. Learn how to find the seed of your boundary and use words and actions that honor both your family and yourself.

Family Expectations & Identity

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Illustration of a young woman standing still while people walk past her, symbolizing feeling alone in a crowd.

We Made It… So Why Do First-Gen Professionals Still Feel So Alone?

On paper, I had made it — Ivy League, Big Law, even a project with BTS. But inside, I felt like I was living someone else’s life. This is why I built Nurimas Coaching: to help first-gen professionals put down the weight of expectations and design a path that feels like theirs.

First-Gen Journeys

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