You Belong

There’s no end of books out there on mindfulness and meditation. What I love about meditation teacher, writer, and thinker Sebene Selassie’s book is how funny, personal, awkward, and honest she is about her journey. Each chapter delivers a new perspective on how you—how we all—are connected, how disconnection is at the core of our suffering, and how the one way to get back to a sense of belonging is through the body, the breath, and presence. Selassie is that friend who gently leads you to look inward and understand the power and joy of connection.  

This book is unusual in so many ways. It weaves together Buddhist wisdom, stories from the author’s life, and a helpful nuanced discussion of intergenerational trauma, racism, implicit bias, and how we can all heed the call to find belonging. I love her down-to-earth conversational style while simultaneously making us think, question our views, and even take action.