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 today we

have a poem submission from Sicily Morgan and Sicily's poem is entitled Home.

Undress. Discard all those fabrics designed to lift, to separate, to compress, to

conceal, take a long loving look at yourself in the mirror, trace the lines of

your body, caressing every curve, every scar, every dimple, every hollow, every

bulge, every valley, every mound, be most mindful of those parts you were told

to hold shame. Live there for a moment. Breathe. Take this journey over and over

again until you no longer flinch at the first touch. Chart this path just as

early explorers once charted the stars. This is your map home. It is uniquely

yours and it will lead you to radical self-love. Yes, Sicily. Yes, indeed. I

love your poem and I love your timing because you sent it in this week and

our topic for today is healing from body shame, healing body shame. And it is

so important in this homecoming journey that we come to appreciate, to accept,

to love, to value, to see ourselves and to do that holistically includes these

bodies. And I invite you to take sacred pause to consider the experiences that

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