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‘LaYinka, if you died today, what would your children
have to say about you?’
This was the question LaYinka Sanni asked herself when she hit rock bottom many
years ago. It was this question — and the uncomfortable answer that followed it
— that inspired her to embark on a deeply personal journey of self discovery,
learning and, ultimately, homecoming.
Honest, tender and wise, A Beautiful Homecoming is a self-help book for every
Muslim woman who has become buried beneath her labels — mother, wife, daughter,
sister, employee — and who wants to reconnect with who she is and finally
embrace all parts of herself.
Drawing on her work as a transformation coach, her own personal experiences and
her faith, LaYinka Sanni has penned a powerful love letter from one striving
woman to another, an invitation to step into a new internal reality, and a
practical guide that will change the way you view the world — and yourself —
forever.
Sánní offers a self-help book for women to aid personal growth and self-acceptance.
The author invites readers on a “journey of self-recovery where [they’ll] know with every molecule within [them] that [they]
are worthy.” Sánní discusses her training in practices like Neuro-Linguistic Programming and her experience working as a
personal coach for women. She also details her firsthand experience with challenges like finding oneself in a “self-imposed
prison of negativity.” In this work, the author encourages her audience to discover new conceptions of themselves.
Readers are advised to examine what types of thoughts they give their time to and to take a look at their pasts through the
perspective of an inner child. The journey is not always easy; to embrace one’s inner child, one must “come face to face
with her and really see her.” Chapters end with actionable steps, like journaling from question prompts such as, “What are
ten things that you love about yourself?” Sánní writes from a faith-based, Islamic perspective—there are occasional
quotations from the Qur’an, such as a verse about repentance that acts to remind readers that “past mistakes don’t define
us if we choose for them not to.” The text progresses in a friendly, conversational style (the author often addresses the
reader directly as “my lovely”). Sánní emphasizes that “you, and only you, have control of your thoughts and feelings; and
only you have control over whether you’ll allow your past to define your future.” The welcoming tone for specifically Muslim women helps to set the book aside from similar works. Ultimately, the author’s warmth shines through as she wholeheartedly guides her readers to new versions of themselves. - Kirkus Reviews
Introduction
PART ONE: HERE & NOW
Chapter 1 - Define Your Homecoming
Chapter 2 - Signs of Being Lost
Chapter 3 - Less Salt, More Sugar
PART TWO: THE LONG-BEATEN PATH
Chapter 4 - The Path to Disconnection
Chapter 5 - What’s Passed has Passed
Chapter 6 - Meet Your Inner Child
PART THREE: COMING HOME
Chapter 7 - You're Worth It
Chapter 8 - Ditch Blame and Shame
Chapter 9 - Who Are You? 86
Chapter 10 - Power of Acknowledgement
Chapter 11 - Honour Yourself
Letter for Your Onward Journey
Capture the Feels
Appendix