The Resilient Muslimah

In school, to get from one grade to the next, you need to pass a series of exams. In order to get a college degree, you need to pass several classes. To progress in the educational world, you need to pass exams. Just like that, to progress in life, we must go through life's tests. In this episode we talk about how tests are opportunities and how the prophets before us were tested.

We've all experienced times of low self confidence and low self worth. So many of us want to know how to be more confident. If you're feeling low self confidence or if you're feeling like you're not enough or you're not worth it, then this episode will inshallah be very beneficial to you.

In this episode we’ll be talking about the power of thoughts and also how it relates to science and most importantly how it relates to being a Muslimah. 

“Allah tests those whom He loves the most.” I heard this so often. Every time someone was going through a hardship, this line was repeated to them. Every time I was going through a test I repeated this line to myself. I reassured myself that, yes, this test is difficult but at least I know Allah SWT loves me. But is this true? That is what we'll be talking about in today's episode.

Comparing ourselves to others can be really damaging, but it's something many of us do without even realizing it. In today's episode, we're going to explore why we fall into the habit of comparing ourselves and share some tips on how to break free from this pattern.

We all have a past that was not in our control. We didn’t choose things like who our parents were, where we were born, etc. We didn’t choose the details of how we were going to spend the first few years of our lives. So is our current life our fault? Was our past our fault? That’s what we’re going to be talking about in today’s episode.

Our assumptions about others' actions? They're pretty much off-base all the time. These misguided guesses we make about people are actually a major source of trouble in our relationships. And that's exactly what we're going to unpack in this episode.

Today we talk about something that is simple but not very easy. Something that if you are able to do, your life will have so much peace in it. Your life will become so much easier. That something is forgiveness. People hurt us and we’ve hurt people and the best path is always forgiveness and that's what we'll be talking about in today's episode.

Life feels tough. There are so many challenges. So many things that we have to overcome. It can get overwhelming very quickly. And the crazy thing is just 1-2 tough days can seem to outweigh a whole week of calm, am I right? In today’s episode, I want to talk about why so much of life feels difficult and the one habit that will change that. 

Are you always worrying about the future? Does your mind work at the speed of light? Is it always trying to predict and control the future? Yup, mine too. It’s very common for our minds to do this and in this episode, I want to explore that and also 3 practical steps that have helped me manage it.