I had the pleasure of joining my Business Coach, Banke Sotomi live on Instagram for a Session on The Power of Self-discovery in Entrepreneurship. You can watch the replay here – I joined around the 40mins mark.The session was really powerful and allowed me to reflect on my journey as a whole over the last […]
Last week I was blessed to attend Sister Na’imas Virtual Salon Session on Mindset, Depression and the stories we tell ourselves with Sister Layinka Sanni.In my letter to you last Friday, I shared how I’d been struggling but what I didn’t share was how that feeling of “struggle” was showing up in my life.It was […]
This has pretty much been the mood all week.Am I the only one that struggled to get back into the groove of life following the long Eid weekend?(May Allah accept all our acts of ibaadah). I recently took a course on Resilience and one of the many gems I learned from that course was about getting […]
Last Friday my 6-year-old daughter wrote me a little love note to “cheer me up”. She told me I looked tired, unhappy and stressed.She went on to say that I spend too much time on my “devices” and I needed a break.She suggested I take four full days off without any devices and give my […]
Motherhood and the Fallacy of PerfectionDear ,Growing up, I was that person who was always reaching for the stars! Always striving to do better and be the absolute best I could be.This is a story I tell a lot – of coming home with a score above 90% and instead of being celebrated, my fathers […]
A weekly practice of mine since Ramadan has been reflecting on the name of Allah that I can draw strength from and use as an anchor as I go about my week.At the start of the week, I took some time out to just set my intentions and center myself.My intention for the week was […]
As we usher in the 2nd quarter of the year, I found myself naturally taking stock and looking over what an amazing year I’ve had so far since making the conscious and deliberate commitment to surrender to Allah and fully let Him take control.The journal entry I share below from my birthday in January really brought back a […]
This week has been a battle… An uphill battle to do even the most basic things…I don’t think I fully realised that what was the root of my struggles was mental fatigue until Wednesday when I was chatting with my friend B. Our conversation went as follows:B. I trust that you are getting the much-needed break.Me: Sadly not… […]
It’s time for a cleanup and a fresh start for the next phase in this magnificent journeySalam Alaikum ,I cleaned up my mailing list this week… because creating an authentic community of soul mates is something I’ve yearned over the last few years, and I feel the time is finally right to fully commit to this desire.I thank […]
– Helping you reconnect with your Rabb through Du’aSalam alaikum Family! Jummah Mubarak!Subhanallah! What a roller coaster the past week and a half has been.If you’ve been following us on Instagram you would have seen that last week, The Umm Fariha Network was called to serve and lend our voice to the fight against injustice, rape and […]
