Healthy Habits and Self-Care
If we have learned anything in 2020, it is the importance of taking care of ourselves, whether it is physically, mentally, spiritually, or socially. There have been challenges that nobody expected, especially…
Author: Saadia Z. Yunus
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Psychological and Emotional Well-Being
Read article: Psychological and Emotional Well-BeingI sat across from a client who was telling me the power that salat ul-istikhara had on her, and it demonstrated in real-life terms what Islam teaches us — that a closeness…
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The Countless Benefits of Community
Read article: The Countless Benefits of CommunityGrowing up in a tiny town called Bonifay in the northwest panhandle of Florida, I was a part of a close-knit community. We were a small group of Muslim families who would…
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Trusting That All Things Are According to Allah’s Will and Command
Read article: Trusting That All Things Are According to Allah’s Will and CommandAs human beings, we are limited in our knowledge of the unseen, of the future, and of why things occur the way that they do. Although as Muslims we know that Allah…
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Detecting Early Signs of Risk in Our Youth
Read article: Detecting Early Signs of Risk in Our YouthYoung children and teens today are bombarded from all around them via fellow peers, enticing ads, music, movies, and more, all calling them to engage in harmful behaviors. They are told to…
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Spiritual Health and Mental Health Feed and Enhance Each Other
Read article: Spiritual Health and Mental Health Feed and Enhance Each OtherAs he looked down at the page, he couldn’t understand why he wasn’t able to focus. Reading the Quran always brought him comfort and a sense of peace, but not this time.…
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Quran as a Psychological Healing
Read article: Quran as a Psychological HealingAs he gathered his thoughts, he wondered if he could ever recover from his sense of loss. The death of a close friend so unexpectedly had left him feeling so devastated that…
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Stop Ignoring the Issue of Sexual Abuse
Read article: Stop Ignoring the Issue of Sexual AbuseShe looked at herself in the mirror with tears streaming down her face. She could no longer keep it inside and felt that she had to tell her mother today. But, would…
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Islamic Spotlight on Mental Health
Read article: Islamic Spotlight on Mental HealthAllah (SWT) says in the Quran, “And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than his jugular vein” (50:16). In…
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Volunteering and Its Impact on Self, Others, and the World
Read article: Volunteering and Its Impact on Self, Others, and the WorldUnsure and apprehensive, he walked into the soup kitchen and found someone who looked as if he knew what he was doing. He asked him where he should go since this was…