Are You Living Your Parents’ Unfinished Dream?

Notes from Marine
Written By Marine Sélénée

Sometimes we think we’re chasing our goals—until we realize they’re echoes of our parents’ hopes. Maybe it’s the career they never had, the country they never moved to, the life they once imagined but couldn’t live.

We inherit more than genes. We inherit expectations, spoken or unspoken. And while honoring them can feel like love, it can also mean losing ourselves.

Ask yourself:

  • Does this goal excite me, or just make my parents proud?

  • If I let it go, would I feel guilty… or free?

  • What do I actually want?

Living authentically doesn’t mean rejecting them. It means carrying forward their values—freedom, security, creativity—in your own way.

Your parents’ dream was theirs to start. Your dream is yours to live.

With love,
Marine Sélénée 

Marine Sélénée
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