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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

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Let's begin.

I am so excited and grateful that you are here with me again and our theme on today is reclaiming your story

reclaiming your story and I don't know who has been telling you your story

or where you have been getting the truth of your story,

but it is time for us to take hold of who we are, what this life journey has been,

and where we are headed. It is not by accident that we have this theme on Mother's Day weekend.

And an important role for parents is to share their stories with their children, to share their lessons learned,

to share their wisdom, to be able to pass the baton.

And so we are grateful for those who came before us,

both for their triumphs and for their struggles because there is wisdom to be

gained in all of it and my heart goes especially to those on this Mother's Day weekend who may be grieving the loss of their

mothers or grandmothers or the aunties or persons who raise them, who poured into them.

And so I encourage you even now to say that person's name out loud and in your spirit and in your heart that we can honor them even if they are

no longer physically present. My heart is also going to those who find Mother's Day difficult because of miscarriage and still

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