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 homecomingpodcast at gmail.com.

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Let's begin.

Welcome home co-journers, I'm glad you're here for another episode.

And I'm excited we have a poem from Rush Me.

Rush Me means Raise of the Sun, which is why she speaks of sunshine as a way of promising

hope for every morning.

And Rush Me is a co-journer joining us from Toronto.

And her poem reads,

it wasn't me, it was never me.

She smiles in delight and begins to celebrate herself.

Last labels peeled and relegated to the trash can where they belong.

With many other things, I'm me, maybe even me.

Some days she says, and no one can say I didn't try, so live on beautiful sunshine.

I'm here with you, always, live and love with joy.

The next 21 years for me.

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