Assalamualaikum! Welcome back to another episode here in "Heartful Talks with Julie" In this episode, I'm going to share about the lessons that I've learned from reading the book "Reflecting on the Names of Allah" by Jinan Yousef. I've selected the names of Allah, Al-Rahman (The Most Merciful), Al-Rahim (The Most Compassionate), Al-Ra'uf (The Most Kind or The All-Pitying).

How I want live my life onwards is to remember Allah in His attributes Al-Rahman, Al-Rahim, Al-Ra'uf. This makes me feel more humble, to the point where I wanted to drop down and make sujood longer in my salah or prayers, and it also made me smile wider in gratitude knowing that Allah SWT is the Most Kind to me and He sent me guidance, inviting me to Islam. Subhan Allah!

Assalamualaikum! Hello friends! Welcome back to another episode with my friend Bianca! Alhamdulillah! We talked about finding balance in our daily lives with so many things or tasks that we need to do and what are the practical tips that we can implement to improve our life, Insha Allah.

I'm back after an unexpectedly long break (nearly 2 months) from posting new episodes! Alhamdulillah! This episode includes excerpts from my March 2022 weekly Gratitude Reflections as well as a few reflections from my recent vacation trip to the Philippines.

This was something I kept replaying in my head, urging me to get back on track. Because of so many recent events, it's been difficult to revise my routines and weekly plans. Don't worry—all of the changes that occurred were for the better, Alhamdulillah! It's also a wake-up call for me to step up my game and become more disciplined with my time, energy, and effort to ensure I'm completing important tasks rather than scrolling endlessly on social media. 

How do you get out of a funk and get back to work?

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Welcome back! Here's another short episode that I would like share about how my perspective changed about 'random acts of kindness'.

A few years ago, I participated in this 30-days happiness challenge and one of my favorite one was Day 6 challenge which is “Perform five acts of kindness and see how you feel”  and I realized that even doing kindness can become "mindless" because your heart is not really into doing it... you're just doing it out of a dare or perhaps you want to feel good about yourself. 

This experience has taught me to go above & beyond whenever I intend to do something good. This also applies in acts of worship! Subhan Allah. If I have the strength & the resources to do extra charity, or another day of fasting, or another set of prayers, why not do it? :) 

What I also realized from this experience is that kind and inspiring words are very rare to come by nowadays. Most of us are super busy with our own stuff, with our own things, and with our own issues that we never get the chance to say "Hi friend, how are you? You know I'm here for you, alright?" I think that this will be a good habit to develop & implement everyday so InshaAllah I will continue to say kind words to other people especially when they least expected it.

You can listen to the full episode of the podcast that I've mentioned here: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts/item/24_hours_of_kindness

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Helloo! In this episode #12, I'm just going to share a short but sweet reminder as a bonus part for my annual reset challenge - making "dua" to Allah SWT.

I've learned about the importance of making dua & asking help from Allah SWT in 2021 when I joined Visionaire program under Sh. Muhammad Alshareef, may Allah SWT have mercy on his soul, and I'm so grateful until today that I was able to joined that class. Not only did I improved or level up on how I ask help from Allah SWT, I've also met amazing sisters in the group and eventually became friends with. I think that this was where most of my friendships had started ~ meeting a new friend in a class. Alhamdullilah.

If you've been following my annual reset challenge and has already completed all the weekly prompts, and you have figured out your next steps, next actions or habits that you want to implement this year 2023, please don't forget to make dua to Allah SWT using His beautiful names to allow you to be focused,  to allow you to be consistent with your habits, and most importantly to guide you to success.

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This is the last installment for the 4-part series of annual reset challenge! Alhamdullilah! if you have stuck with me up until this point, I just want to say Thank you so much! for doing this together with me.

In this week's challenge, I'm going to share how to prepare our minds and equip ourself with something that we can use to overcome a difficult situation. It's all about reflecting the "negative self-talk" that you have when setbacks happen & how to "reframe" these into positive thoughts to better serve you and help you continue working on your goals. 

Few scenarios that you can think about are: when you are facing a failure, a disappointment, when challenges or hardships strikes, when facing a conflict or feeling left out, when you made a mistake, when  someone confronted you or when you were criticized... what are the negative self-talk surrounding or keep replaying in your head when these tough moments happen?

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P.S. If you need help to go through the steps on how to reset and plan for the next coming year and you also want to experience a personal, one on one coaching session with me, please go ahead & complete the sign-up form below. Lots of things were not mentioned in my podcast episode which I will share in the 1-on-1 session such as life audit, identifying your seasons of life, creating self-care toolkit and mindset habits and more! Click on the sign-up form below & reserve your spot for the coaching session :)

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Hello! Welcome to Part 3 of Annual reset challenge! Yahoo! We're getting closer to the end of the new year, are you excited to finish this challenge with me?

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Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Do good deeds properly, sincerely and moderately and know that your deeds will not make you enter Paradise, and that the most beloved deed to Allah is the most regular and constant even if it were little."

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Welcome to the Part 2 from the 4-part series of Annual Reset Challenge. From the previous episode #8, I have challenged you to write 22 amazing things that happened in your life this year 2022. How was the experience so far? Are you ready for the next challenge? Let's go! 

This challenge is called "Life Audit". Basically, it's an evaluation process to determine the current state in different areas in life on the basis of your OWN definition of satisfaction/ happiness/ success. Download the "Wheel of Life" template from this link: http://bit.ly/3W7QKL1 

Here's the list of journaling prompts to help you deep-dive on the different areas in your "Wheel of Life" and set your intentions for the coming year.

I highly recommend that you dedicate 30 mins to 1 hour for this activity so that you can really go deep in your reflections, do a "heartwork" challenge and have a clear visualization on what you want to happen in your life in Y2023 and beyond...

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Assalamualaikum! It's time for an "Annual Reset"! Yay!

In the First Part of the Annual Reset Challenge, I encourage you to take time to write down & reflect on the 22 things that you feel grateful for this year2022!

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Hello dear friends! Welcome to another "The Book Shelf" (TBS) episode featuring the book "Light Upon Light - A Reflection on Life, Love & God" by Nur Fadhilah Wahid.