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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'm glad that you all are here, and we have two poems.

I'm going to give excerpts from two pieces on today for those who are new.

I invite you to write a poem about your homecoming journey and you can email it to me at homecoming podcast at gmail.com.

In our first poem I'm going to give an excerpt from is from Samantha and I want to just give a warning that there is reference to the suicide of a friend in the poem and so for those who that may be triggering I just want to

alert you to give you a moment to ground yourself to center, so that you're not taken by surprise.

All right. This is from Samantha.

The lowest of lows, I lost my identity completely, suffering a breakup. My partner of five years was suffering from addiction. Alcohol won, and I found myself alone starting over.

A year of self-love and building myself back up to welcome myself home.

In February, my ex-partner took her own life

and committed suicide.

Grief took over and then the pandemic hit.

Listening weekly helped me learn and understand,

but the deep blue seas would never feel the same.

Lost during this year has been key.

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