{"podcast":{"title":"Homecoming to Self: The Journey","slug":"homecoming-to-self-the-journey-7713397","podcast_index_feed_id":7713397,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/homecoming-to-self/","website_url":"https://homecoming-to-self.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/bbafa076-d735-4fc3-8228-3f8f5a3bff34/Podcast-Cover.jpg","author":"Sylvia Morrison","episode_count":13,"summary":"Homecoming to Self: The Journey with Sylvia Morrison Where inner healing meets purpose, service, and soul-aligned leadership. Homecoming to Self: The Journey is a soulful, transformational podcast exploring what it means to return to the truth of who you are and live in alignment with your soul’s purpose. Hosted by Sylvia Morrison—transformational coach, retired educator, international speaker, and humanitarian—the show is a reflective space for seekers, leaders, healers, and changemakers navigating transition, growth, and reinvention. Drawing from more than three decades of experience in education, trauma-informed advocacy, leadership development, spiritual practice, and global humanitarian work, Sylvia weaves together storytelling, soulful teaching, and practical wisdom. Each episode invites you to slow down, listen inward, and reconnect with your intuition, clarity, and calling—so you can design a life that feels meaningful, aligned, and deeply your own. This podcast is not about becoming someone new. It’s about remembering who you are—and coming home to yourself.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T18:17:51.595769+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/homecoming-to-self-the-journey-7713397"},"episode":{"title":"What If Living on Purpose Did Not Require Sacrifice?","slug":"what-if-living-on-purpose-did-not-require-sacrifice","published_at":"2026-02-27T08:02:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/homecoming-to-self-the-journey-7713397/what-if-living-on-purpose-did-not-require-sacrifice","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/homecoming-to-self-the-journey-7713397","url":"https://homecoming-to-self.captivate.fm/episode/what-if-living-on-purpose-did-not-require-sacrifice","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/4af176ce-9b24-4b66-bc16-9f786b17b5c5.mp3","summary":"I want to speak to the part of you that knows something true, yet feels unsure how to live it without losing yourself. I share a moment from my own life when purpose became tangled with sacrifice, and passion slowly edged out rest, joy, and relationship. What revealed itself through my body was a remembering. Purpose is not something that asks you to disappear. It lives in how you care for yourself, how you pace, and how you honor your humanity. I am holding space for you to reconnect with what you already know, gently, honestly, and in a way that lets you stay fully alive. What This Conversation Reveals: The quiet tension between living on purpose and losing your life in the process When rest becomes an essential practice rather than a collapse or reward How purpose shifts when the body is included in the conversation Releasing the belief that meaning must come through sacrifice Remembering that being human is part of the work Connect with Me: I’m Sylvia Morrison: transformational coach, retired educator, bestselling author, international speaker, and humanitarian. My career spans over three decades of work in personal transformation, leadership development, trauma-informed practice, and global service. I’m the founder of Links Across Borders, a nonprofit that builds libraries and provides educational resources to children in rural Ghana. I’ve supported hundreds of transformational, service learning journeys rooted in connection and care. I'm a Jamaican born African and Canadian woman, shaped by many cultures and communities. I am a mother, grandmother, a guide who has spent decades walking alongside women through transitions, questions, and quiet awakenings. At the heart of my work is a simple knowing: we are not here to fix ourselves, but to remember who we are—and…","meta_description":"I want to speak to the part of you that knows something true, yet feels unsure how to live it without losing yourself. I share a moment from my own life w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1240,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/homecoming-to-self-the-journey-7713397/episodes/what-if-living-on-purpose-did-not-require-sacrifice/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/homecoming-to-self-the-journey-7713397/what-if-living-on-purpose-did-not-require-sacrifice.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}