your 30s tend to be a lot of self discovery and diving deep into realizing why you are the way you are. In Welcome Home, Zebian shares her story for the first time, powerfully weaving memoir, poetry and deeply resonant teachings into her storytelling, from leaving Lebanon at sixteen, to coming of age as a young Muslim woman in Canada, to building a new identity for herself as she learned to speak her truth. This book is not for normal-hearted people who believe that at the end of the day society and relatives' matter.

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Keep this in mind throughout the day, and collect all the affirmations of your worth: a smile, a friendly conversation, a nice text message. Too many of us build our homes in other people in the hope that they will deem us worthy of being welcomed inside, and then we feel abandoned and empty when those people leave. I thought there were some true gems of wisdom in this book but the author went in circles for a lot of the book, repeating the same things over and over. In Welcome Home , Zebian shares her story for the first time, powerfully weaving memoir, poetry and deeply resonant teachings into her storytelling, from leaving Lebanon at sixteen, to coming of age as a young Muslim woman in Canada, to building a new identity for herself as she learned to speak her truth.You’ll discover and furnish all the different rooms of the home – each with a specific purpose – through a unique set of tools that’ll help you be comfortable and satisfied with who you are and what you do.

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Once you’ve spent some time meditating on these thoughts in the Self-love room, you can move on to the room of Forgiveness.This has a lovely central concept and a flexible structure that invites the reader to customize their own journey. You can heal a recent wound, but if you haven't come to terms with your past wounds, you can be sure those wounds will turn into scars that will continue to define you. Najwa has become a trailblazing voice for women everywhere and was name dropped by the New York Times and CBS News among others. From the celebrated poet, speaker, and educator comes Welcome Home, a powerful blueprint for building a strong foundation of self-worth, belonging, and happiness. They see every reason why you deserve happiness, love, and joy when you may feel that you're the furthest thing from deserving all of that goodness.

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You could try waiting it out in another room, but you know the knocking is just going to get louder.Forgiveness: Learn how to allow yourself time, reflection, and space to accept and let go of painful events. Even after changing yourself and your surroundings for the sake of reaching that one goal, you may realize that it was waiting for you at the place where you started, when you were the true you who did not need to change or be changed. Like multiple locked doors in your soul were thrown open in the process of absorbing the author’s insights?

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You will also start to define yourself by the love you have within you, not the love you receive from externalsources. When you know what are you are doing and have a clear vision of where you are going, you will not need to chase opportunities. I realized it's because there is so much emphasis given to external validation directly or indirectly.The goal of constructing the road that leads to your home within is not to avoid the roadblocks in your way. Then I guess one day, while I was feeling low and miserable about myself, I forced myself to read it. Welcome Home" is a beautiful book with such a powerful message to help in healing and teaching us not to put our self worth into other people, jobs, institutions, and etc. Written with her trademark power, candor, and warmth, Welcome Home is an answer to the pain we all experience when we don't feel at peace with ourselves.