Welcome home cojourners. I'm glad you're here for another episode of the Homecoming

podcast. I'm Dr. Tema, licensed psychologist, ordained minister and sacred artists, here to help

facilitate your journey back home to yourself. And on this week's episode, I am so excited to welcome our special

guest, Grace Amakou. Hi, hello, everyone. Thank you so much for having. Oh, I am so grateful that

you're here, excited for the conversation. And I want to tell our audience some more about you.

So Grace is a nurse-trained comedy queen, give it up for the queens,

whose viral character work has earned her features with Forbes and Essence,

four years creating content for the Oscars,

and collaborations with icons like Serena Williams and Carrie Washington.

She hosts Get Real with Grace Amakou, a film first podcast where comedy and culture collide.

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So.

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What are we doing?

Got a show.

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Oh, well, we often start with a poem, so I want to read to you this brief piece by Jaya John from the book,

Fragrance After Rain.

Imagine if you celebrated and loved yourself all day, every day, how much pain would be healed,

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