Homecoming: The art and practice of trauma recovery - Paperback

by Ratu Nida Farihah (Author)

What if home is not a place you arrive at, but the moment your body exhales and your nervous system feels safe?

Ratu Nida offers a trauma-informed guide that is scientifically grounded and emotionally bold. Blending the clarity of her healthcare background with the courage of a survivor of domestic, family and sexual violence, she reframes trauma not as dysfunction, but as the body's attempt to survive the unsurvivable.

Homecoming is for anyone who learned early that belonging required self-betrayal. Who became smaller, quieter and more pleasing to survive. Who was praised for being 'strong' while quietly falling apart. Who is yearning for home.

More than 1 in 4 Australians live with complex trauma. Yet most trauma conversations stop at awareness. Homecoming goes further. Each of the 10 chapters guides the reader through three stages:

Lens - Seeing your story without shame.

Map - Understanding what trauma does to your nervous system.

Homecoming - Rebuilding safety, boundaries and self-trust.

If you've read Brené Brown, Gabor Mate and The Body Keeps the Score, you'll resonate. But Ratu's voice carries a distinct migrant, intersectional and postcolonial lens, refusing to separate personal healing from systemic harm.

As conversations around coercive control, sexual violence and intergenerational trauma grow louder, there is a hunger for depth, not just awareness. Homecoming doesn't offer a quick fix, but something far more powerful: a way back to yourself.