In this episode, Nabeela and Zuha discuss what validation is and how to do it, and what grief is, and how we respond to it in the wrong ways.
Disclaimer: There's some static in the audio for the first five minutes or so. In sha Allah (God willing), this will be the last time our audio sounds like it was recorded on a potato.
Why We Share Our Feelings: https://www.7cups.com/qa-managing-emotions-4/why-is-it-so-important-to-share-your-feelings-1408/
Why Repressing Emotions is Bad: https://www.hcf.com.au/health-agenda/body-mind/mental-health/downsides-to-always-being-positive#:~:text=%E2%80%9CSuppressing%20your%20emotions%2C%20whether%20it's,memory%20and%20self%2Desteem.%E2%80%9D
How to Validate Emotions:
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-emotional-validation-425336
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/pieces-mind/201407/self-validation
https://www.psychalive.org/why-important-parents-validate-children/
https://www.cafb.org/therapists-corner-emotional-validation/Invalidation vs. Gaslighting: http://www.seattlefeministtherapy.com/2017/07/21/invalidation-vs-gaslighting/
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