Hello and welcome back to the podcast where you are invited for lighthearted conversations

about things that matter as you seek to live your most meaningful, beautiful, and joyful life.

I'm your host, Dr. Edie Wadsworth, and I hope you enjoy your stay here at the House of Joy.

Okay, hello, everybody. Welcome back to House of Joy. We are so excited for another episode this week. And I wanted to start off this episode with something fun. We always ask you guys every week to leave a review and a rating. It really helps just boost the podcast and let other people find it.

And we just love reading your review.

So I'm going to read our latest review from our dear friend.

Yes, from our dear friend Judith Meyer.

She is the mother of my best friend and roommate, Cindy Meyer.

And she, wait, now I've lost the review. Just one second.

I'll actually explain how you can leave a review. If you go on Apple Podcasts, you can scroll down

almost to the bottom, and there is a ratings and review. But she said, thank you, Dr. Edie and

Emmy for being vulnerable, sharing your stories and

encouraging others. During each episode, I find myself shaking my head in agreement, reflecting on my

own thoughts and smiling and laughing. I listen on my way to work, which helps me start the day

with joy. Oh, we love you, Ms. Judith. We you love you so much thank you for leaving a review um

it's so fun to look and see how these episodes are affecting everyone who listens sometimes it feels

a little daunting to share your story on line for everybody but hearing back from you guys is so worth it and we just

love you so much dudea thank you for leaving a review yes so awesome we have an awesome episode

for you today today we are talking all about belonging i think it's one of things that, whether we're young or we're a little older, we

struggle with, wanting to belong, having this desire to belong.

And when Emmy and I were talking about this the other day, I reminded her of something that I

had written years ago after I read a passage in one of C.S. Lewis's books called

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