And if we haven't done the work, we're often just projecting our lacks and insecurities and

neediness rather than our true needs and our true possibilities. When we've done the work,

we can actually show up much more clear. And that doesn't mean perfect. Does it mean that we

won't make mistakes or what we need to work through our staff? But there are gradations of that,

right? And so not showing up just completely traumatized and reverberating that out onto everyone

else, but actually knowing ourselves well and knowing what it is we have to offer it.

So my question for you, have you ever felt like you just didn't quite belong? Have you ever

looked around and wondered why connecting with other people or even fully embracing yourself seems

somehow out of reach? You kind of long for a sense of belonging to yourself, to loved ones,

to a community or cause, yet it remains elusive. This universal need, sometimes rising to the level

of a profound yearning, is what we are exploring in today's conversation with Sabine Selassie.

So Sabine is a teacher, speaker, and author of the book You Belong, a call for connection,

which provides practical guidance for cultivating a deeper sense of belonging within ourselves in the

world. And growing up, Sabine felt like, in her words, kind of a big weirdo. I think so many of us

can relate. Born in Ethiopia and then raised in a predominantly white neighborhood in D.C.,

she stood out in nearly every way, an immigrant who was in her words, a black girl who loved

Monty Python in UB40 and explored Asian philosophy and did not go to prom. She just never believed

that she belonged. But rather than try to fit in, those early experiences planted the seeds of

exploration. In Sabine's view, we all belong to each other and to all things, whether we want to or

not. Our individual freedom affects absolutely everyone and everything. And our collective

freedom depends on each and every one of us. And she shares her deep and long exploration of

ancient traditions and modern creative contemplative practices that can really connect us to these

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