Welcome home. I'm Dr. Tama, a minister, licensed psychologist and sacred artist. 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 the same as personalized therapy.

I'm so excited you're on the journey. If you want to request specific topics or to submit

a poem for me to read on the podcast, email me at homecomingpodcastsatgmail.com. Also to build

our community, don't forget to like, subscribe and share. Let's begin.

Welcome home co-journers. I'm glad you're here for another episode. And I'm grateful that we

have a poem submission for this week. And as we start to turn our attention toward our holistic

journey home, I'm grateful to read the words of Cassandra Naomi Stewart. And Cassandra's poem

is entitled, I'm trying to find myself. And it reads, I don't know what to do with myself.

I'm drifting from one end to another, pacing in my mind's eye, just floating. What do I do with

these emotions? I'm happy, then I'm sad. I'm content, then I'm mad. I'm everything in between.

There is no way around them just have to feel every bit of it. I'm bent and broken over this life.

I've lived with no intent of anything. I want to be myself. I want to feel fulfilled. I want to

be gracefully and wonderfully me. How do I do that if I don't feel comfortable in my skin?

I find every excuse to back down from every when. I find myself upset with the choices from within.

Unsettled, uneased, not at rest with myself, it seems. I want to be, but I don't know how to be.

I am just completely beside myself. I want to welcome myself home to myself. I want to be everything

I am and who I was meant to be. All the glorious sunflower bestows, standing tall and beautiful

and stronger than ever. I want to learn how to do just that. You know?

Yes, we do know Cassandra. Yes, we do know this journey of trying to find ourselves dealing with

our emotions, processing through our identity and the desire for transformation, for growth,

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