The opposite of loneliness and isolation is belonging. Belonging looks different to each of us and we can belong in several spaces at the same time. I was recently in London and my younger brother happened to be there at the same time. Our scheduled aligned so we were able to spend a day together walking, laughing, talking and making time to visit a gravely ill family friend. As we explored the city where we lived as teenagers and where my brother later spent much of his

Recently a friend sent me a photo of a slide from a presentation she attended at a conference. The slide shared statistics about joy at work. It got me thinking again about the work I have been doing, the reading I have been doing and the way I have been writing and speaking about joy. As often happens, I found myself reflecting on joy in two ways. What does it look like personally? And what does it look like professionally? As I sat with the professional side of that que

Friendships are important to me, especially the friendships I have with the women I choose to be close with. There is something deeply grounding about these relationships. I believe friends are the family members we choose to walk through life with. Some friendships last a lifetime. Other friends come into your life for a reason or a season. I have come to appreciate both. Each one brings something new. Each one teaches something. Each one leaves a mark. My definition of frie

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I recently had a meaningful conversation about the idea of belonging, a topic close to my heart and deeply embedded in many of the workshops I create. As we talked, I found myself making notes, eager to capture the nuance of our discussion. Belonging, after all, isn't just a theoretical concept, it's a profound human experience that shapes our interactions, communities, and sense of self. Belonging is also my word for the year and one of the themes in my 2025 calendar , so I

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