Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,

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

want to request specific topics or share your progress, email me at homecoming

podcast at gmail.com. Also after you listen, be sure to like, subscribe, and share.

Let's begin.

I'm glad you're joining us for our next episode,

and I hope that you did your homework.

Last week you were to write vows to yourself. If you

feel comfortable you can share them with a friend or a loved one. If you'd like you can even email them to me at homecoming

podcast at gmail.com most importantly from time to time to take them out and read them to yourself because the vow is to yourself.

All right, well let's get started.

This week we are focused on shedding shame sometimes I say scatter the shame

whatever it is we need to get it off of us and so before we start to tackle this topic, I want us to take Sacred Pause and we'll do a guided

meditation which is really about coming home, coming home to yourself.

And so I want to encourage you to sit in your chair with your legs uncrossed and your arms uncrossed. If you're comfortable

you can close your eyes. If not, you can lower your gaze to your lap and just begin to center in focusing on your

breath at your own pace paying attention to your inhale and your exhale.

And as you continue to focus on your breath, start to scan your body,

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