Aug 29, 2026 · 1 hr 50 min · 15 segments
**What does it mean to build a successful immigrant life beyond career and financial achievement?** **Nomso Nnadi joins Ifeanyi Nwanonaku for a wide-ranging conversation about belonging, identity…
Nomso NnadiGuest
Ifeanyi NwanonakuHostThere is one particular word that shows up in everything that you do in your work, right? You know, the fingerprint of that word is everywhere in your work.
Belonging is the difference on whether a person who is on the verge of, for example, this is a heavy topic, taking their life or not, a sense of belonging is the difference whether that person pulls the plug.
The absence of hope is what makes a person decide if they are going to achieve their goals or not.
When you have any kind of hope in you, you aspire to be much more, to do better for yourself, for your family, for the society.
But when there's an absence of hope, which I have found is mostly tied to a sense of belonging.
And one of the fathers of psychology, Abraham Maslow, talked about the hierarchy of needs.
And belongingness comes right after you satisfy your basic needs of food, shelter,
How about you? Have there been moments when you feel that deep sense of belonging? Or maybe when you feel like you are longing for that sense of belonging?
There is one particular word that shows up in everything that you do in your work, right? You know, the fingerprint of that word is everywhere in your work.
Belonging is the difference on whether a person who is on the verge of, for example, this is a heavy topic, taking their life or not, a sense of belonging is the difference whether that person pulls the plug.
The absence of hope is what makes a person decide if they are going to achieve their goals or not.
When you have any kind of hope in you, you aspire to be much more, to do better for yourself, for your family, for the society.
But when there's an absence of hope, which I have found is mostly tied to a sense of belonging.
And one of the fathers of psychology, Abraham Maslow, talked about the hierarchy of needs.
And belongingness comes right after you satisfy your basic needs of food, shelter,
How about you? Have there been moments when you feel that deep sense of belonging? Or maybe when you feel like you are longing for that sense of belonging?
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