Welcome Home: A Guide to Building a Home for Your Soul

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Love is a power that's inside of you. When you give your love to someone else, you shouldn't feel empty. The key is to first use it to strengthen yourself; then you’ll have more, even infinite, love to direct outward. I sometimes wonder what the next step for self-help books is. When you feel at peace with yourself, and then what? I can't help but imagine that having your "home" properly developed implies a sense of finality at a certain point but what's after that? Are you just supposed to be fine by yourself now? Is there a logical next step in a self-discovery journey? The powerful metaphor of home provides a structure for you to customize your journey to personal transformation as Najwa Zebian shares her own experiences in building a home within herself and shows you how to construct the following “rooms”: In March 2019, Zebian published her third book of poetry, titled Sparks of Phoenix [25] with Andrews McMeel Publishing in which she recounts her journey in healing from abuse, building resilience and strength. [26] [19] [9] Published works [ edit ] The powerful metaphor of home provides a structure foryou to customize your journey topersonal transformation asNajwaZebian shares her own experiences in building a home within herself, andshows you how to construct the following “rooms”:

From the celebrated poet, speaker, and educator comes a powerful blueprint for healing by building a home within yourself.You wonder why their existence is not so essential to your well-being. It's because they don't make you work hard for the attention they give you. They accept the love they think they deserve From the celebrated poet, speaker, and educator comes a powerful blueprint for healing by building a home within yourself. In her debut book of inspiration, poet Najwa Zebian shares her revolutionary concept of home–the place of safety where you can embrace your vulnerability and discover your self-worth. It’s the place where your soul feels like it belongs, where you are loved for who you are. 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. Building your home inside yourself–and never experiencing inner homelessness again–begins here. In Welcome Home, Zebian shares her personal 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. After the profound alienations she experienced, she learned to build a stable foundation inside herself, an identity independent of cultural expectations and the influence of others. The powerful metaphor of home provides a structure for personal transformation as she shows you how to construct the following rooms: Self-Love, Forgiveness, Compassion, Clarity, Surrender, and The Dream Garden. With practical tools and prompts for self-understanding, she shows you how to build each room in your house, which form a firm basis for your self-worth, sense of belonging, and happiness. Welcome Home: A Guide to Building a Home for Your Soul by Najwa Zebian – eBook Details I think this is a great self-help book. I'd say it's more geared towards women but I wouldn't say those of any gender range wouldn't be able to connect to the principles. As a society, we need to start with ourselves and create our own homes. Only then can we change as a society for the better,

Little did I know that by helping them heal, I was healing my eight-yearold self who was told to stay behind. I was healing my sixteen-year-old self The search for a home—what Najwa describes as a place where the soul and heart feel at peace—was central to her early years. When she arrived in Canada at the age of sixteen, she felt unstable and adrift in an unfamiliar place. Najwa Zebian: The Lebanese poet speaking up about the #MeToo movement". The National. 8 January 2018 . Retrieved 7 November 2019. Zebian completed her Bachelor of Science in Biology in 2010, a Bachelor of Education in General Science and Biology in 2012, and a Master of Education in Curriculum Studies in 2013, all at The University of Western Ontario. She is currently pursuing her Doctorate in Educational Leadership at the University of Western Ontario. [12] Zebian's first teaching assignment at UWO was to teach writing to a group of young Libyan refugees. Zebian saw her 16-year-old self in her students and found the courage to resume her writing journey. [3] Career [ edit ] #MeToo Movement Protest Zebian, Najwa (5 March 2019). Sparks of Phoenix. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5248-5272-6.Najwa goes into detail in the book on how to do this by telling the reader that it’s important to first create your rooms one at a time. They are the following six items: I'd round it down from a 2.5, not that it'd a bad self-help book but it's really a combination of it not being my prefered writing style and me not finding the content that relatable. I would have ate this stuff up a few months ago but being in a better headspace now, it felt unnecessary. not on you. How could that be self-acceptance? What our culture calls selfacceptance should instead be called indifference to what others think. Rodriguez, Jeremiah (28 October 2017). "Ontario High School Teacher Has Celebs Hanging Onto Her Every Word". HuffPost Canada . Retrieved 19 November 2019.

Ontario High School Teacher Has Celebs Hanging Onto Her Every Word". HuffPost Canada. 28 October 2017 . Retrieved 31 October 2019.This Blink will teach you how to build a home within yourself. 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. In her debut book of inspiration, poet Najwa Zebian shares her revolutionary concept of home—the place of safety where you can embrace your vulnerability and discover your self-worth. It's the place where your soul feels like it belongs, where you are loved for who you are. 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. Building your home inside yourself—and never experiencing inner homelessness again—begins here. Chances are, you’d do whatever you could to make them feel better. You’d sit them down and find a painkiller for their headache. You’d ask them about their day at work. You’d tell them that it’s going to be alright. You’d do these things because you love them. Surrender: Learn how to lower your defenses and give yourself space to feel and process your emotions.