Charlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Eight of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.

This chapter is about how embracing the ordinary and mundane helped me belong to myself and others while I was recovering from my second manic episode and subsequent depression.

This video also has some background information on how I became a writer and some of the advice I give to people who want to write more.

I hope you enjoy this behind-the-scenes peek at The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other. You can buy The Great Belonging wherever you prefer to buy books.

Here's a bit about The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.

Charlotte Donlon is a writer, a spiritual director for writers, and the founder and host of the Our Faith in Writing podcast and website. Charlotte’s writing and work are rooted in noticing how art helps us belong to ourselves, others, God, and the world. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Curator, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, Catapult, The Millions, Mockingbird, and elsewhere. Her first book is The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other. You can subscribe to her newsletter and connect with her onTwitter and Instagram.