Welcome home, cojourners.

I'm glad you're here for another episode.

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

your journey back home to yourself.

And I am so excited about our special guest that is here with us today.

Help me welcome Leah Mancow.

Welcome, Leah.

Thank you.

Thank you for having me.

I am so glad that you are here.

And I want to share with our audience, our cojourners, a little more about you. So Leah is a licensed social worker, a licensed therapist, a writer and founder of Alisa Marie Wellness in Los Angeles.

So glad you could be here locally.

Yes.

Born in the Philippines and raised in an immigrant household, Leah draws from her cultural roots and lived experience to support adults through grief, identity shifts, relationships,

and major life transitions. With over 15 years in the field, she centers self-trusts,

inner child healing, and emotional honesty in her work. She writes about relationships,

self-worth, and the realities of being human. With work featured in outlets like the knot, pop sugar, mind-body green, and wonder mine.

I so love the work that you are doing.

And in addition to your writing for those networks also, for those outlets,

also sharing your writing on social media, which has been

so wonderful of like disseminating, sharing the information, beyond these kind of closed doors. So today,

I know there are many ways that we come home to ourselves. And the one that we're going to talk

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