Posted on January 12, 2023
by Jan Peppler
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“Because I was fifteen and generally an idiot, I thought that the feeling of home I was experiencing had to do with the car and where it was parked, instead of attributing it wholly and gratefully to my sister.” The Dutch House by Ann… Continue Reading “What Feels Like Home”
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Posted on July 17, 2022
by Jan Peppler
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Perhaps family has more to do with feelings than with legalities or blood.
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Category: community, Love & Belonging, On the Topic of HomeTags: #findinghome, belonging, chosenfamily, creatingfamily, family, familyofheart, friendsarefamily, home, loveandbelonging, wellbeing
Posted on February 4, 2022
by Jan Peppler
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Just because you’re got at a job doesn’t mean you’re meant to do that job forever. Living a purposeful life where your work is a calling requires taking chances and starting over.
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Category: Love & Belonging, Meditations on Living, On the Topic of Home, WorkTags: apurposefullife, belonging, career, findinghome, fittingin, purposedrivenlife, startingover, thesoulscode, thewritinglife, vocation, Work, writing
Posted on February 2, 2022
by Jan Peppler
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Finding Home In Our Beloved and The Three Lessons That Pie Baking Teaches Us: A guest post by Kate McDermott, author of The Art of the Pie.
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Category: Food, Leaving Home, Love & Belonging, On the Topic of Home, TravelTags: artofthepie, bakingpie, belonging, chancemeetings, findinghome, internationaltravel, ireland, katemcdermott, lessonsofpie, lifelessons, loveandbelonging, meetingstrangers
Posted on July 20, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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My own story of belonging is both different from and similar to Brené’ Brown’s. Since I didn’t fit in, I used my oddness to my advantage. That worked as a kid but hurt me as an adult.
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Category: Love & Belonging, ParentsTags: AbrahamMaslow, belonging, BreneBrown, childhood, creatingfamily, families, family, familyofheart, findinhome, home, Maslow
Posted on July 16, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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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.
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Posted on June 6, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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Sometimes going home is wonderful. Other times, not so much. Each going home is filled with expectation and hope. If our visit is good, home burrows further into our hearts and psyches. And if it is not, home loosens its grip.
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