107: Brooke Saxon-Spencer, Founder + Editor of Belong Magazine

Brooke Saxon-Spencer, is the Founder + Editor of Belong Magazine. Introvert, Starbucks addict, M&M; fiend, wife to her college sweetheart, mother of three, work-from-homer, midwestern girl at heart living in SoCal, dabbler in all things crafty and pursuer of Christ.

As a creative introvert, Brooke began blogging a few years back looking for “her people” and “her place”.  Blogging didn’t bring her instant friends and the cozy comfort of community just by having an existence on the internet. In fact, it made Brooke feel even more lost and alone. Brooke has a desire for people to use the screen in front of them to connect beyond that screen. To discover “their place” and find “their people".

This is the soul of Belong Magazine. To create a space to highlight some of the amazing resources--networks, conferences, other bloggers, etc... The world wide web is exactly that - a gigantic, messy mass of roads through which it is incredibly hard to find any destination, especially if you don't know what exactly you're looking for. Belong Magazine hopes to be the map--or at least the navigation system. To create. To connect. To encourage. To inspire. So that you can find a place where you belong.

What success means to Brooke:

"Being faithful and taking the next step."

Things we chat about in this episode:

how reading, writing, and reflecting helped spark Belong Magazine

how belong magazine came out of Brooke trying to find her place, so she wanted to create a map to help other people find one another

why having perseverance pays off. She admits she doesnt always know what she is doing, but she keeps moving forward.

her most recently "scary moment" was sending 500 free copies of Belong Magazine to conference.

books we mention: Mortal Instruments  and Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson

Belong Magazine being in Barnes and Noble locations soon!