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Posted on May 12, 2022
by Jan Peppler
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In my last post about 1-euro homes, I mentioned how Lorraine Bracco purchased a home for 1-euro and, after starting with a renovation budget of $145,000, the project ended up costing her more like $250,000. That’s a huge difference from budget to reality. Even… Continue Reading “1-Euro Homes: The House I Love But Can’t Buy”
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Category: featured, Italy, On the Topic of HomeTags: 1-eurohomes, findinghome, home, italianproperty, Italy, propertyrennovation, SambucadiSicilia, sicilianproperty, Sicily, Travel
Posted on March 28, 2022
by Jan Peppler
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Naples is the last place I would expect to see something related to the struggle for Civil Rights in America. But there I was in the San Ferdinando district, admiring The Royal Palace from the 17th Century when inside the Courtyard of Honour was… Continue Reading “Rosa Parks. Almost Home”
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Posted on December 30, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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Over the years, when I talk about my work researching the psychology of home, inevitably someone will say, “Home is inside you.” Yes, I smile. This is true. It took many years for me to experience this truth. One can know something intellectually but… Continue Reading “Home is Inside You”
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Category: featured, Meditations on Living, On the Topic of HomeTags: aloneness, beingalone, findinghome, home, homeinsideyou, interiority, solitude, wellbeing, wellness
Posted on October 21, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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To be tethered is to have roots.
To be tethered is to know home.
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Category: community, featured, Love & Belonging, Meditations on Living, On the Topic of HomeTags: #findinghome, #love, community, connection, eternalsunshineofthespotlessmind, family, friendship, friendships, home, marriage, relationships, tetheredhearts, theuntetheredsoul, wellbeing
Posted on June 19, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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Things have changed a lot in recent years. The traditional roles of mother and father aren’t what they were when many of us were growing up – and certainly not what they were in the time of our grandparents and those before them. Today,… Continue Reading “The Special Role of Fathers”
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Category: Archetype, featured, Leaving Home, On the Topic of Home, ParentsTags: archetypes, fatherarchetype, fathers, findinghome, ForestGump, georgebailey, goodwillhunting, herojourney, home, Interstellar, Itsawonderfullife, Jeffwholivesathome, leavinghome, mammamia, waltermitty
Posted on May 24, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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If you don’t know the history of the Greenwood massacre, you’re not alone. But it’s time that you do.
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Category: featured, On the Topic of HomeTags: American myth, Black Lives Matter, Black Wall Street, Greenwood, Historic Greenwood, home, Oklahoma, stolen land, Tulsa Race Massacre, white mythology
Posted on February 19, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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“The place where you are standing is holy ground” (Exodus 3:5) There is a saying that the body is a temple, usually referred to when considering what we consume or the activities in which we engage. But what about where our body temple resides?… Continue Reading “Holy Home”
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Posted on July 20, 2020
by Jan Peppler
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There’s a lot being written about staying home these days. Discomfort. Anxiety. Isolation. Depression. The truth is, many of us struggled with “home” even before the pandemic. I don’t have the answers. But I can tell you how having a dog makes a huge… Continue Reading “Finding Home – With a Dog”
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Category: Archetype, Love & Belonging, On the Topic of Home, Pets, PlayTags: dogadoption, dogs, findinghome, furbabies, home, rescuedog, thomasmoore