How do the places we come from shape who we are and how we build a life somewhere new? Drawing on a visit to Rotterdam’s Fenix Museum of Migration, I explore how places influence our identity, sense of self and sense of belonging—and how we can find a sense of home between the place we have left behind and the place we are learning to call home.

Trauma is not only defined by what happened, but by the impact it had on the person who experienced it. When trauma is not fully processed, it continues to live within our systems (body, mind, relationships) and affects how we feel, think, behave, and connect with others.