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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 like, subscribe, and share. Let's begin.

Welcome home, co-journers. I am so glad that you're here and excited to acknowledge our sponsor Pepperdine

University's online program where I teach and two of the classes that I

teach online which I really love, are our lifespan development class and trauma and diverse populations.

And in lifespan, we're able to talk about the major challenges that happen pre-Nataly as an infant, a

toddler in childhood and adolescents, early adulthood, middle adulthood, our senior years, and also dealing with death, dying and loss.

And so there are so many challenges, but also growth moments that happen over the course of our lives.

And I also really enjoy teaching our trauma and diverse populations course

that many of us here on the homecoming journey are not only

dealing with stress but traumas and so looking at how we heal as we consider

our culture and what we have learned and the ways those things can serve

us and even the ways that some things can be challenges or barriers.

So if you have an interest in learning more about psychology, pursue your purpose at online psychology at Pepperdine.

Visit www dot Pepperdine Purpose.com backslash homecoming to learn more.

So thank you so much, Pepperdine online.

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