What do you think of when you think of home? For some it's a building, for some it's a country, culture or identity. For many it's a feeling. Whilst there can be no universal agreement on what home means to us, there is interesting resonance between home and feelings of safety, belonging and sanctuary. Understanding that feeling safe sits as one of our most basic needs as humans helps to elevate deep compassion and empathy for any experiencing homelessness or seeking refuge and asylum; a growing pattern right across our world as ever-more people are forced to leave their 'homes' in search of safety.

In this week's episode of Two Inconvenient Women, we explore the meaning of home in many different guises, exploring some of the commonalities and biases that exist within us and reflecting on how and where we can satisfy the feeling of home in our daily lives.

In this episode we reference the following:

• Home - Warsan Shire (poem)
• Where Children Sleep - James Mollison (video)
• What does Home mean to you? - Soul Pancake (video)
• Second a day video - Save the Children (video)
• "From the Shark's Mouth to the Deep, Dark Jungle" - Holly Everett (blog)
• Calais Jungle Ethiopian and Eritraean Church (photo)
• The Hope Trust - Community Non-Profit (website)
• "A charity is giving people money to stop homelessness - and it says it's working" - BBC News (article)

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