My Muslim Family Podcast

Buying and cooking nutritious food that everyone will eat can be a real challenge for parents. This is not helped by the plethora of information, scientific evidence and constantly changing advice around what best to eat, how and when. In this episode, we go back to basics with Specialist paediatric dietitian Tehseen Musafa to explore fussy eating, power struggles as well as injecting fun and connection into family meals.

In the UK, it is estimated that 1 in 4 pregnancies end in loss during pregnancy or birth. A surprising number of babies die very early in life too. In this Baby Loss Awareness Week special, podcast host Zainab speaks to Laila who bravely shares her experience of losing her new baby 10 years ago. We explore family life after losing a baby as well as what our Muslim community can do to support one another more during such a difficult life event.

Useful links covered:

Baby loss awareness website full of stories and support for families: https://babyloss-awareness.org/

Children of Jannah: providing support for bereaved families with a dedicated helpline, meeting groups and resources.

https://www.childrenofjannah.com/

Laila mentioned a book called ‘ A gift for the bereaved parent’ by Zamir Hussain. The book contains quotes from the Quran and Hadith.

Every parent will agree that the parenthood journey is one of the steepest, if not the steepest learning curve they will ever encounter! We learn so much about our children, our partners and family dynamics, but mostly about ourselves. Join host, Zahira Mamdani and fellow My Muslim Family editor, Zainab Al-Shalchi as they speak about parenting being a journey of personal growth and development, and how parents can maximise and embrace this growth experience through their parenting journey.

Zainab and Zahira made references to Hand in Hand Parenting- a parenting course they have both completed. For a 5% discount on this amazing course or for further details, reach out to Shaheen Merali via her Instagram page here:

https://www.instagram.com/handinhandparentingwithshaheen/?hl=en-gb

We reached out to Muslim parents asking what their biggest marriage-related challenges have been since becoming parents and how their relationships have grown or changed. Join Zahira Mamdani and Mohamed Jawad Gulamhussein as they discuss the responses to these questions and give their own experiences and insights into the massive shift that takes place when a couple becomes mum and dad!

With poor mental health skyrocketing since the pandemic, our children's mental health is something on many parents' minds. In this episode, we speak to Dr Amina Al-Yassin about the most common mental health conditions she sees in children, the red flags parents should look out for, and what we can do as parents to best support our children with their mental health. Dr. Amina is a doctor, dual accredited in pediatrics and general practice and is undertaking a clinical fellowship to improve access to early mental health services. She is also the director of mental health and well-being projects for Al-Ayn- Iraq's largest orphan care charity.

In this episode of the My Muslim Family podcast, we speak to Maryam Javaid, Muslim Parenting & Home Education Coach,  about her journey into the world of home education and the most common misconceptions that are held about home education- do the social skills of home educated children to suffer? Do you need to be a teacher to home educate your child successfully? And the question all of us have on our minds as parents- how do you find time for yourself as a home-educating parent?!

You can connect with Maryam on her Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/nurturing.learners/

By the grace of Allah, we are thrilled to launch the My Muslim Family podcast! This podcast, hosted by Zahira Mamdani, will aim to help millennial Muslim parents navigate modern family challenges.

In this first episode, we introduce you to the team behind Muslim Family Hub; Zahira Mamdani, Muhammad Jawad Gulamhussein, Noshin Bokht and Haseeb Rizvi! We speak about why we're starting a media platform to help Muslim parents and our plans for the future!

In future episodes, host Zahira Mamdani will speak with parents and parenting professionals about the challenges of millennial Muslim parents and practical solutions to navigate them.

ps: You may hear some background noise, because like you, we are Muslim parents with young kids 😅

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