The Long Road Home Podcast
Launching Sunday, April, 19th
Welcome to The Long Road Home podcastβa space devoted to exploring what it truly means to belong. Through honest conversations and reflective storytelling, each episode unpacks the many ways we search for, lose, and redefine home within ourselves and the world around us. From identity and connection to memory, place, and healing, this podcast gently follows the paths that shape our sense of rootedness. Whether youβre feeling grounded or in-between, The Long Road Home invites you to listen, reflect, and find pieces of yourself along the way.
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New Essay on The Long Road Home
My Self-Made Indian Book Tour: is a reflection on what it means to share your work without a safety net. After publishing my first poetry collection, I brought it back to Indiaβthe place where so much of it was bornβand placed it directly into peopleβs hands. What unfolded was not a traditional book tour, but something far more personal: an encounter with shame, visibility, and the quiet courage it takes to be seen. This piece explores how self-promotion, when rooted in love and beauty, can become an act of devotion.
Read it now on The Long Road Home.
essays for the curious wanderer
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a popular photo essay from india
ritual head shaving
Portrait of author in Chennai, India by Jayashree Sahithya
Meet Yamuna Flaherty
WRITER, MOTHER + STORYKEEPER
Yamuna Flaherty is a writer, mother and storykeeper devoted to helping others uncover and tell the stories that matter most. Rooted in two decades of global travel, inner inquiry, and creative practice, Yamuna weaves memoir, ancestral reflection, and soulful expression into everything she offersβfrom guided storytelling sessions to thoughtful essays and creative tools. Her work invites others to explore identity, voice, and belonging through the transformative power of personal narrative. Whether through one-on-one sessions, workshops, or her Substack, The Long Road Home, Yamuna creates spaces for meaningful connection and self-authored truth.
