Journey to Belonging
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Belonging: What the ’85 Bears Can Teach Us About Legacy
In 1985, I was twelve years old and completely captivated by the meteoric rise of the Chicago Bears. Every Sunday, our television brought a cast of unforgettable characters into our living room — Jim McMahon launching long passes to…
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At the Back of the Room: Finding Your Seat of Belonging
Wedding season is winding down. Across the country, people have dressed up, gathered flowers, toasted with champagne, and danced until their feet ached. But beyond the bouquets and the cake, weddings always reveal something deeper about the human condition:…
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DNA, Family, and Finding Your People
Belonging Invested Traveler was created to deepen something innate in all of us — the longing for security that comes from acceptance, inclusion, and identity. Whether we seek it at work, in the neighborhoods we call home, or even…
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Fresh Starts: Finding Belonging in New Beginnings
Every beginning is a kind of threshold moment — both exciting and unsettling. It’s the first day of school, the first Sunday at a new church, the first week in a new job, or the first time you unpack…
