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welcome.

Welcome home. I'm Dr. Tama, a minister, licensed psychologist, and sacred artists.

And this is Homecoming, a podcast to facilitate your journey home to yourself.

While I will provide weekly inspiration and mental health tips, this

podcast is not a substitute for therapy. I'm so excited you're on the journey. If you

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Thank you for joining for another episode, and I am so glad that you're here as we continue our journey home today's episode is on

addressing healing recognizing loneliness and many of us are not at home with ourselves which heightens the

loneliness. There is a difference between solitude and loneliness and when I am not at home with me I

actually can never even enjoy solitude because I feel empty because I feel disconnected and absent from

myself but even once we make the journey home or once we are somewhat okay with ourselves, we can still experience loneliness.

So I want to invite you to release any shame

that others have placed on you about your desire for connection.

Some people will talk negatively

about those who voice experiences of loneliness and they will equate that with a lack of

self-love and I want you to know that is not true.

That you can be working on yourself,

you may have worked on yourself,

you may be somewhat okay with you,

you may even love you and still feel lonely at times.

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