How belonging makes you smarter

How belonging makes you smarter

After months of working on my belonging project here in my fourth country, I’ve realized that belonging is fundamental to finding meaning in life. It’s such a basic human need that it pops up everywhere, even in my IQ, and yours. Yet in this age of individualism and...
How to make belonging contagious 2

How to make belonging contagious 2

”We cry out only when there is hope that someone may hear us.”   Jean Vanier  Becoming Human In my last post, I suggested we reach out and replace the growing sense of isolation and loneliness in our communities with belonging. There are many things I’m...
Brené Brown & pockets of belonging

Brené Brown & pockets of belonging

”Vulnerability is kind of the core of shame and fear and our struggle for worthiness, but it appears it’s also the birthplace of joy, of creativity, of belonging, of love.” Brené Brown, 2010 Ted Talk The more I move into my year-long experiment in whether...
Quotes from Sydney Writers’ Festival

Quotes from Sydney Writers’ Festival

”Poetry is a ruthless muse.” Alice Walker at the Sydney Writers’ Festival, May 2014 This series of essays on belonging is all about me trying to find out where I belong or how I can make myself feel like I belong in Australia. Well last week I made...