E90: Belonging and Healing Part-2 - Why is belonging important?

Kayanna (00:00):

(Singing).

Tracy (00:00):

Is that what this-

Dr. Dave (00:00):

Hey, hello and welcome to the KnolShare with Dr. Dave Podcast. Hey, this is Dr. Dave Cornelius, your host, and I'm excited to be here with my friend, Tracy. Tracy. We're going to be talking about belonging and why it's important. And so earlier, we talked about putting up an episode per month as we begin to work in our book, Belonging and Healing. So Tracy, Tracy, welcome. What's going on with you?

Tracy (00:45):

Dave, hey. Thank you. Good morning and life is good.

Dr. Dave (00:54):

Look at you. I am in that calm mode, just chill today. I don't know what's up with that, but I wanted to start off with a quote by Angela Maya.

Tracy (01:05):

Oh come on.

Dr. Dave (01:07):

By Maya Angelou.

Tracy (01:08):

Okay.

Dr. Dave (01:10):

And she says, "I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself." So that's her context of belonging. And so, why is belonging important? Why do we care so much about belonging as human beings? What's the deal with that?

Tracy (01:29):

Heck if I know. It's innate, it's something we feel complete, in order to belong somewhere, that makes us feel complete. That makes us feel like we have some kind of anchor, some kind of grounding. It just, to feel like you belong kind of gives you some wholeness, some sense of being, right?

Dr. Dave (