Creating Belonging Wherever We Are

Welcome to episode 8 of season 3 of the Woman Uncaged podcast! In this week's episode, we dive into belonging, why it can be tricky in our modern times, and how to use it as a verb in our lives. 

We explore:

- How do we feel a sense of belonging if we don't see what we value mirrored back to us in the places we are

- Instead of continually searching for where we belong, how do we belong ourselves to where we live?

- Belonging isn't something that just happens, it's something you can actively participate in

- What happens when we feel like wherever we live is temporary

- How volunteering can help you belong where you are and looking for folks in your area who DO care about what you care about

- What does it mean to ACTUALLY live somewhere 

- The dance of freedom vs belonging 

- How some places just don't suit us and how do we know

- The eroding sense of individual place

- The importance of third places or outside places, especially when we work from home

- Belonging in terms of interpersonal relationships

- The art of saying yes

- Acting like somehow who loves where you live

- Embracing seasonality even in terms of belonging

Resources Mentioned:

Culture Study Substack by Anne Helen Petersen

This Is Where You Belong: Finding Home Wherever You Are by Melody Warnick

Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home by Toko-Pa Turner

Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes 

~Linda's book: Homecoming: One Woman's Story of Dismantling Her Inner Cage and Freeing Her Wild Feminine Soul ~Laura's Monday Money Missives: https://goodwithmoney.substack.com/