Welcome home, I'm Dr. Tamer, 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.

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Let's begin.

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

And thank you so much for your continued support of the Homecoming book, both the hard back

and the audio.

And I'm glad you are receiving it.

I have received your beautiful messages.

So I'm excited we have a poem on today.

And the poem is called Free to Be Me and it's by Tyra Lane Kingslin.

And Tyra is writing about her homecoming journey from the perspective of her Christian

faith.

All right, free to be me.

Jesus said he came to set the captives free, but what if the jailer is me?

In solitary of my own devising, dead bolt locked, not fully realizing.

This four by four by four was built by my own mind with a way of escape not easy to find.

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