A couple of weeks ago, I signed up for a training on the menstrual cycle in therapy. It had been sitting on my to-do list for a while, and Alhamdulillah,…

Growing up in a culture where achievement and performance are highly valued, I became accustomed to comparing myself to others.Over time, comparison became almost automatic.Looking back, I notice that this…

Today, I would like to share one of my favourite therapy exercises with you, one that can insha’Allah reveal what’s most important to us and help us feel more aligned:…

Last Monday was a public holiday, and I had great plans. This was going to be the weekend when I was going to take advantage of the warm weather with…

I don’t particularly like to admit this, but when I reverted to Islam, it wasn’t the very real possibility of experiencing Islamophobic attacks that made my journey particularly difficult. It…

During my undergraduate psychology degree, I learned about a famous study from the 1960s that has stayed with me ever since. Researchers administered a fake IQ test to elementary school…

This week, I allowed myself to get drawn into an online debate about the deen on a public platform.At the time, my household was preparing to welcome a beloved family…

One of my clinical specialties is anxiety, but that wasn’t an entirely deliberate choice.You see, before going through my own therapy and training in Islamic psychology, I spent decades struggling…

I was raised as a non-Muslim with the belief that, because of my religious convictions at the time, I would automatically enter Paradise.Naturally, my focus was not on what I…

I was almost 30 years old when I took my shahada almost eleven years ago, Alhamdulillah.Although I had felt drawn to Islam since childhood, I was also exposed to many…