Chats With Gigi

Have you ever struggled with feeling like you belong? Have you ever felt like we're all connected but not quite sure how? Today's guest is the author of one of my favorite reads this year, You belong: A Call for Connection. This books dives into our need to belong, why we don't always feels that we belong, and how we can reconnect with everything around us to rediscover our belonging. Sebene Selassie is a writer & teacher who guides people to remember and trust their belonging. Born in Ethiopia (of Ethiopian and Eritrean heritage) and raised in Washington DC, she began studying Buddhism over 30 years ago at McGill University as an undergraduate in Comparative Religious Studies and Women’s Studies. She has an MA from the New School where she focused on race and cultural studies. For over 20 years, she worked with children, youth, and families nationally and internationally for small and large nonprofit organizations. Her work has taken her from the Tenderloin in San Francisco, to East Harlem–New York, to r