The world tells us to be authentic, but Najwa Zebian teaches us how to be authentic. This book is a master class in self-actualization and compassion. For anyone who has ever asked ‘How do I find myself?’ or ‘How do I forgive myself?’ or ‘How do I learn to love myself?’ Najwa has your answers. She’s written us a lovely guide that teaches us how to find home within ourselves—what a gift.” — New York Times bestselling author Mari Andrew From the celebrated poet, speaker, and educator comes Welcome Home , a powerful blueprint for building a strong foundation of self-worth, belonging, and happiness. If you sometimes feel lost, helpless, or broken, you’re not alone. What you need – what we all need – is a home. Not a house, a home: a place where you feel safe, seen, and loved. 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:

Too often, we build our homes in other people; we rely on the validation, comfort, and approval of others. But this inevitably leaves us desperately holding on to love when we find it, and we feel abandoned if the other person leaves. Welcome Home is a powerful, comprehensive guide to one of the most important tasks we’ll ever complete: building a home within ourselves. Zebian shares her personal story and deepest vulnerabilities so we, too, can discover our self-worth. A must-read to build a stable foundation inside ourselves.” —Mel Robbins, speaker, international bestselling author of The 5 Second Rule I like that she’s not just chanting in your ears to love yourself. Although it is mostly about self-love and the understanding/acceptance of one’s self, she presented it as the state of being at home with yourself/building a home within yourself and I really like that idea. 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. Some concepts in the book, though might be fairly familiar to others, were somehow foreign to me and I can say that I was surprised I didn’t think of things in this way my whole life. There were times when I was just reading nonchalantly and some sentences just sent tears to my eyes like… bro… that is so true?? 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. Codrea-Rado, Anna (16 October 2017). "#MeToo Floods Social Media With Stories of Harassment and Assault". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 30 April 2020.I realized the biggest reason why I usually dislike self-help books is that I hate their voice; some self-help books really have this imposing, overly encouraging (or sometimes looking down) tone which makes me just want to stop reading and permanently use it as my laptop stand. I did not detect that kind of tone when I was reading this one. When I read this I felt heard, calm and understood, and that kept me reading on. Our skies don't become grey out of nowhere, our sunshine does not allow the darkness to take over for no reason. Rodriguez, Jeremiah (28 October 2017). "Ontario High School Teacher Has Celebs Hanging Onto Her Every Word". HuffPost Canada . Retrieved 19 November 2019. Forgiveness: Learn how to allow yourself time, reflection, and space to accept and let go of painful events. Living my life as an empath without boundaries was like being a firefighter without protective gear. Constantly rushing into flames to rescue others and fight for them while leaving myself exposed to suffer severe wounds. This book has changed my life by equipping me with tools to show up for others with bravery and compassion while meeting my most basic needs for safety first.

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. 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 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. 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. 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. Najwa has become a trailblazing voice for women everywhere and was name dropped by the New York Times and CBS News among others.