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new essay on the long road home
In this week’s letter, I write about my mother’s lifelong search for home after divorce, migration, and sacrifice uprooted the stability she once knew. Moving from house to house across Calgary, dreaming through open homes and lottery mansions, she spent decades trying to rebuild something that had already been lost generations earlier in India. As I return home to Canada with my own child and broken dreams in tow, I find myself tracing the same inherited longing—the ache of living between worlds, forever searching for elsewhere, and wondering what it truly means to belong.
On the podcast
New conversation on The Long Road Home
In this episode of The Long Road Home, Yamuna Flaherty speaks with Iranian-born psychotherapist and rewilding advocate Bahar G. about exile, identity, migration, healing, and what it means to build an inner home amidst political upheaval and displacement. Bahar reflects on growing up during the Iranian Revolution, returning to Iran decades later during the Women, Life, Freedom movement, and caring for her aging mother across borders and cultures.
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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 offers—from 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.
