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“I was no longer me. I was in transition between who I was and who I needed to become. And my body couldn’t accept either version of myself, so I just became an empty shell, desperately gasping for any ray of life to inhabit me. I was homeless.”
― Najwa Zebian, Welcome Home: A Guide to Building a Home for Your Soul

“My biggest moments of confusion led me to the best decisions of my life in terms of doing what honors building a home within myself. Being unable to decipher people’s behavior—one day welcoming me into their lives and the next day making me feel like a stranger—led me to feel confused. Because, let’s be honest, confusing behavior in others makes you question yourself. You question your own sanity, your own recollection of events…your own understanding of the events…of the person…of yourself…”
― Najwa Zebian, Welcome Home: A Guide to Building a Home for Your Soul

“You’ve already accomplished the hardest part. So keep building. Keep working on yourself.”
― Najwa Zebian, Welcome Home: A Guide to Building a Home for Your Soul

“Instead of saying “How could he have lied to me?” you say, “I feel hurt when someone lies to me, because it makes me feel like I’m not worthy of being told the truth.” Instead of saying “He’s not even explaining why!” you say, “I feel sad when someone doesn’t try to resolve an issue, because it makes me feel like I’m not worthy of being fought for.” The “I” statement has three elements: I felt/feel ________ (insert emotion) when ________ (recount the event that happened) because ________ (insert what it made you think of)”
― Najwa Zebian, Welcome Home: A Guide to Building a Home for Your Soul