Home Where You Belong helps listeners feel more at home in their living spaces, more connected in their communities, and more engaged in their relationships. Topics cover everything from home organization and design to tips for successfully relocating and falling in love with a new city or town. We'll share ideas for getting to know your neighbors (if you want to), discovering the best your community has to offer, and enjoying life in all types of living spaces from single-family homes and condos to tiny homes and RVs.
After more than three dozen episodes, it's time to bring the Home Where You Belong podcast to a close. In the final episode, host Chip Alford shares some of the highlights of his journey and what he learned from the experience.
For more information about the podcast, check out our website at homewhereyoubelong.com.
17 Jun 2024
Episode 38 - Creating the Garden of Your Dreams
In this episode of Home Where You Belong, we meet Matthieu Mehuys, an award-winning author and passionate landscape architect from Belgium. Matthieu shares his inspiring journey from his family farm to co-founding Paulownia Landscape Architects, and how he uses his expertise to promote regenerative farming and environmental stewardship.
Guest Bio
Matthieu Mehuys is an upcoming award-winning author and passionate landscape architect whose journey from a family farm in Belgium to regenerative farming practices has led him to believe that landscape architects can indeed change the world. His fascination with plants since childhood drove him to become a landscape architect, a role he sees as instrumental in crafting environments that marry aesthetics with positive environmental impact. Through his work, he aims to empower individuals to transform their gardens into spaces that foster biodiversity, restore ecosystems, and reverse climate change.
Matthieu is co-founder of Paulownia Landscape Architects in the East Flanders province of Belgium and author of the award winning book, 12 Universal Laws of Nature: How to Use Your Land to Its Full Potential.
Resources
Follow Matthieu on Instagram and Facebook.
Pre-order Matthieu's book, 12 Universal Laws of Nature: How to Use Your Land to Its Full Potential.
Access five must-watch garden mastery videos on Cultivating Beauty & Efficiency.
Learn more about Matthieu's business, Paulownia Landscape Architects, which includes information about The Small-Group Masterclass: How to Create The Garden of your Dreams.
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7 May 2024
Episode 37 - How Storytelling Impacts Belonging
Northern Ireland native Gareth Higgins believes the presence of home exists inside each of us, and truthful storytelling can help us find it. A veteran of peace-building and violence reduction efforts in his home country, the sought-after speaker and author now lives in the U.S., where he writes and speaks about the power of storytelling to shape our lives and world.
Guest Bio
Gareth Higgins was born in Belfast in 1975, grew up during the northern Ireland Troubles, and now lives in the U.S. He writes and speaks about the power of storytelling to shape our lives and world, peace and making justice, and how to take life seriously without believing your own propaganda. He has been involved in peace-building and violence reduction in northern Ireland and helping address the legacy of conflict.
Gareth received a Ph.D. in Sociology from Queen’s University Belfast, and helped teach the world’s first graduate course in Reconciliation Studies at Trinity College Dublin. The author of The Seventh Story and How Not to Be Afraid also helped found the Wild Goose, New Story and Movies & Meaning festivals. He leads retreats in North America and Ireland; and also founded The Porch Magazine, an online group where members build community around slow conversation about beautiful and difficult things.
Resources
Visit Gareth's website (https://www.garethhiggins.net/) to read his blog and learn more about his books and upcoming retreats, workshops and events.
Learn more about Gareth's book, How Not to Be Afraid or click here to purchase a copy.
Learn more about Gareth's retreats in North America and Ireland.
Check out The Porch Magazine, an online group where members build community around slow conversation about beautiful and difficult things.
Learn more about the New Story and Movies and Meaning festivals.
Download the e-book version of The Seventh Story: Us, Them and the End of Violence or purchase the related children's picture book, Cory and the Seventh Story.
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