Belonging

We all have a need to belong. In Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, belonging is smack in the middle of the pyramid, right there with love. This is not to say the two are synonymous. You can certainly feel loved (by your family, a special someone, or a group) and simultaneously feel like you don’t quite fit. Yet feeling loved and feeling like you belong are key components to home, to feeling at home. In this podcast, I discuss Brené Brown and her book Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging, in which she reveals one personal experience that she feels is the origin of her life-long sense of not belonging anywhere. Looking at her experience may help us understand our own and better understand our parents. This episode is also available as a blog post at JanPepplerHOME.com and at Finding Home on substack.com. (Note that the photo of the heart inside a leaf was taken by me. Photo credit: Jan Peppler.)