If you are going through a personal growth process and it’s a great book to read but warning somethings are hard to hear but necessary. I'm on a mission to empower people to build a home within themselves; to live, love, and create fearlessly. I thought I would be bored and get too skeptical (as I usually do with self-help books) and eventually give up on the book but surprisingly I finished it.

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The key is to first use it to strengthen yourself; then you’ll have more, even infinite, love to direct outward. We feel so abandoned and empty when people leave, because we've invested so much of ourselves in them. If you can't see happiness in the simplest of things, you won't be able to see happiness in what's bigger. It may hurt, but it definitely won’t hurt more than the feeling that I was told something out of pity, not out of honesty.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. Instead of scrolling through your social media news feed, this is a much better way to spend your spare time in my opinion. Zebian shares her personal story and deepest vulnerabilities so we, too, can discover our self-worth.

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I didn't read Najwa's book as an eye opener, rather it was something that was residing within me for so long.Also want to know if I like this book because of how and who I am right now or whether it really makes sense, hence the honest review here for my future self. Meeting us where we are, she equips us with tools and exercises that help us step into the role of architect.

Welcome Home: A Guide to Building a Home For Your Soul eBook Welcome Home: A Guide to Building a Home For Your Soul eBook

Forgiveness: Learn how to allow yourself time, reflection, and space to accept and let go of painful events. Young adults and teenagers, who have not had bitter experiences, might benefit a lot and draw life-changing conclusions, refrain from self-destructive behaviors, learn how to stand-up for your grounds, how to act through self-love and not self destruction. When those people walk away, those homes walk away with them, and all of a sudden, we feel empty because everything that we had within us, we put into them. From the celebrated poet, speaker, and educator comes a powerful blueprint for healing by building a home within yourself.But Zebian doesn't leave you to do it on your own: she leads by example sharing her life and how she made these rooms in her home. 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. You will also start to define yourself by the love you have within you, not the love you receive from externalsources. not only does it challenge your thinking, each lesson provides solutions on how one can apply these thoughts! 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.

Quotes from Welcome Home by Najwa Zebian | The Millennial 30 Quotes from Welcome Home by Najwa Zebian | The Millennial

your 30s tend to be a lot of self discovery and diving deep into realizing why you are the way you are. Our skies don't become grey out of nowhere, our sunshine does not allow the darkness to take over for no reason. Personally I think anyone would benefit from reading the book, but anxious, overthinking, low-self esteem young women would benefit most, I guess. You turn your back on yourself when you allow every closed door to stop you from moving on to the next one. 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.Compassion: Discover the three different types of compassion and learn how you can let people in while maintaining boundaries.