1. Rethinking Mental Illness and Faith When mental illness is discussed, it is often questioned whether it reflects a weakness in faith. Interestingly, this question is rarely asked about physical illness. We do not assume a lack of īmān when someone has a blocked...
Introduction Hypnobirthing is an approach to childbirth that involves using relaxation, breathing techniques, visualization, and self-hypnosis to help manage the sensations and pain associated with labor. The goal of hypnobirthing is to promote a calm and natural...
Whatever your persistent health condition, the stress that comes with it can be overwhelming and what we want is relief from the mental and emotional toll. Illness along with other hardships reveal how reliant we are on Allah and His Infinite Mercy. With aligned...
40% of people worldwide have some sort of flight-related anxiety. This pocket guide will aim to help ease your fears during the flight by relying on Allah, understanding your anxiety, separating fear and danger, understanding airplanes and a list of coping skills...
Our Communities are diverse in more ways than one. We have cultural diversity, language diversity, social-economic diversity, and neuro and physical diversity. Some of these differences are apparent and some are not. As Muslims our role is to be ambassadors of...
The age old battle between mother in laws and daughter in laws is a classic. Eastern and Western movies and TV shows alike feature this trope often, an endless battle between a man’s two most important women - his mother and his wife. Some cultures place varying...
With the rise in awareness of sexual abuse of children, parents are deeply concerned about how to prevent abuse of their precious children. One method that is being propagated by some anti-abuse organizations, therapists, and doctors is for parents to correctly teach...
We’ve all seen the memes that say something along the lines of ‘gentle parenting is for gentle kids… my kids are not gentle’ and then it shows a video of a child doing what children do. Gentle parenting is often misunderstood and undermined because it challenges so...
Every couple and family will have challenges in either wealth, health or children. One very hard challenge is when it comes to our children, especially when dealing with a life-changing diagnosis. After receiving a diagnosis for their child, a couple may face...
Sometimes, without any fault of the parents, because of genetics or other unknown factors, a baby can be born with congenital, chromosomal or other types of disabilities and special needs. This can cause parents an overwhelming amount of worry and fear about the...