A Beautiful Homecoming - LaYinka Sanni
"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.
It’s 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.
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"Where do I start with A Beautiful Homecoming - it’s the book I wish I had when I was going through my own difficult moments in life.
Layinka takes you on a journey to unpack who you are, gently with you, hand in hand. She believes in you as you work your way through the exercises at the end of each chapter. She understands what you are going through as she shares her own experiences and vulnerabilities and in that you feel accepted, understood and reassured that you too will make it through and find your true authentic self in your very own beautiful homecoming.
With her expertise in NLP, counselling and RTT the exercises gently offer a mindset shift which is essential to real change in coming home to who you really are. For me, this book is the perfect blend of real talk and a big sis advising you gently through what you may be feeling when life gives you lemons and you’ve forgotten you could make lemonade.
Highly recommend this book for women and will be gifting this out to a few friends I think who actually need a book like this.
5/5 - brilliant book if you want to make real changes at your own pace and come home to your true authentic self." Hafsa, Goodreads
LaYinka Sanni is an award-winning transformation coach and change facilitator passionate about guiding Muslim women through transformative journeys to achieve their desired outcomes.
She firmly believes in the power of collaboration, positioning herself as a partner in progress in her clients' positive change endeavours. Beyond her professional accomplishments, LaYinka leads the imaginary Earl Grey Lovers Club, nurtures plants and feline companions, indulges in solo jams with her frame drum, and cherishes quality time
with her family.
Sanni 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 herself 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 revisit their pasts through the perspective of their 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, occasional quotations from the Qur’an appear, like a verse about repentance that reminds readers “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 Muslim women specifically helps set the book apart from similar works.
Ultimately, the author’s warmth shines through as she wholeheartedly guides her readers to new versions of themselves.
—Kirkus Reviews
