I was observing my kids watching anime series n decided to learn more. At first I thought anime=cartoons=safe but as I watched this Jjk anime, I was like yikes?!? The staunch Muslim Mom in me start questioning whether they should even be watching when there were women dressed in bikini n many more brainless conversations […]
Lately as I navigate my midlife challenges and witnessing my body, mind, heart and spirit gliding onto a slower pace…. I had intent in 2019 to start podcasting after my mom’s passing but grief took me on a different path. I had done only 3 episodes with the Soul Rich Woman with my mentor (
You wouldn’t want death to knock on your door, and not be prepared… In certain moments of my midlife roller coaster journey, there was a time, I was super drained and the world suddenly became 50 shades of grey in bleakiness. No energy to sugar coat any info I received be it spontaneously or otherwise…
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One of the most exhausting profession is healing and caring for others, I’ve observed. Most of us “martyred ourselves” because we have big hearts and we run fully on empathy (some of us believed that – who are we, if we don’t sacrifice ourselves?) . Healers’ burnout is real. Healers and peeps who worked in
When we are in ourDarkest,weakestScariest moments in life…And we feel helpless nHopeless to solve them… Do not give these fearsAny more power by believing we cannot solve them. Solutions surround us.Humble our ego n…Ask for help from the Almighty. Be bold. Be courageous.Know that the Higher Power, loves us n will help us. (Even though
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Hifz Quran I was accidentally a hifz student in my late teens. A new Ustaz, Hafiz Quran of many qiraat, just graduated from Madinah University, had came to my Quran school. I was intrigued. He was only a few years older than me. And his recitation was melodious, he was humbled n down to earth.
Have u ever felt that if u do too much good, u will betray yourself n start being bad? I’ve observed myself a few times when I was working hard to be a good Muslim- not just what was expected of me but what I thought the world wanted me to be. I will do
I was recently driven by my eldest. And I reminisce those days where I drove both my kids to school in their kid’s seats and listening to Jason Mraz CD. All 3 of us are enjoying the car ride in our own lala land (I get easily distracted and so when I drive, I need
I’m grateful for my heart. Through it, I can feel the world. But sometimes I take it for granted. I felt my heart is so strong and powerful that I keep adding work for her. One day, my heart felt super tired and exhausted. I can feel her stressed by the many simple things I
Everyone will go through at least a heartbreak. Broken hearts can be caused by friends, lovers, partners even families and children. Peeps whom we loved very much. Every healer has a niche. Mine is the heart. Why? The above words are not just musings but truly actual events that happened to me since young. Eventually
