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In this episode of Boys Don’t Cry, we tackle a sensitive but important topic: the impacts of forcing boys into marriage. This conversation is deeply personal to me, and I share why before offering practical action items for parents. 💭✨ We explore three major consequences. This episode is about understanding how cultural pressures can harm not just boys, but families and communities. By opening d...

In this episode of Boys Don’t Cry, we explore the vital role educators play in shaping classrooms into safe havens for boys. 🏫✨ This conversation covers: • 🧠 Why boys need emotionally safe spaces in schools • 👨‍🏫 How educators can foster trust, vulnerability, and healing • 💬 What's the line between discipline and emotional safety • 🌍 The broader impact of safe classrooms on men’s mental hea...

In this powerful episode of Boys Don’t Cry, I sit down with a former teacher, principal and an administrator (and an Influencer in her own right) to explore the often-overlooked emotional influence educators have on boys during their formative years. From classroom discipline to hallway conversations, we unpack how school environments either reinforce emotional suppression or create space for vuln...

Healing from abuse is not a straight line — it’s a deeply personal journey that requires courage, support, and intentional action. In this video, we explore the key pathways to healing after experiencing emotional, physical, or psychological abuse: 🔹 The role of therapy in processing trauma 🔹 The importance of accountability 🔹 The power and complexity of forgiveness, and how it can (or can’t) p...

Are abusive men born this way or are they made to become so they dish out the most gruesome of treatment to others. As I venture out to start conversation around Men's Mental Health, I start with this all important question for in case of an abusive male, whose finger is being used, who loads the gun and whose shoulder is being used to fire the shots... Are such men born that way or were they a pr...

I speak with my first guest ‪Sohail Bukharee on men's mental health podcast titled "Boys don't cry". Join the conversation as we reflect on: - Why this is such a difficult topic not just for men but for muslim men specifically - Why is it hard for men to open up and consider mental health issues and resolution thereof - How does it impact everyone around - What has he learnt in his life and work h...

I speak about how non IT organizations can embrace agility by virtue of a collective people, product and process approach.

Is your organization suffering from framework syndrome as to which framework to use, whether to stay waterfall or to try embracing agility in mindset and practice adoption?

Scrum Master and Product Owner are two distinct roles within agile framework that ensure planning and delivery of work in a methodical and seamless fashion. Can one person be both product owner and scrum master? I share my perspective and would love to hear from you.

What is business agility? Is it fast decision making or is it decision making at the very operational level? How much impact does positive mindset have on business and organizational agility? Let's talk...

This episode covers competencies you will employ in order to become a good scrum master. What are those character traits that you will need to excel at your job as a scrum master? How can you anticipate various dependencies arising in team of teams environment? What knowledge gap you need to overcome in order to transition to a scrum master?

This third and final part of Surah Qalam/Nun deals in how Allah repeatedly asks Kuffaar questions which within themselves are statements in relation to Allah's grandeur and omnipresent status. Allah wraps up this surah with mention of Prophet of the whale and how repentance can work wonders to attract Allah's forgiveness and rahma (blessings).

This part of Surah Qalam reflects upon Allah's story telling technique used to warn people of Makkah for their behavior towards Prophet Mohammad who like People of Garden transgressed and deemed themselves beyond reproach eventually to repent.

This episode covers first five ayaat of Surah Alaq (96) of Quran as part of my journey through understanding of word of Allah in context of events surrounding revelation.

This second part of Surah Alaq is for when Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) started praying according to how Allah taught him which instigated Kuffar, especially Abu-Jahl and he became enemy number one for Muslims and Prophet Mohammad Source: Quran.com Sunnah.com The Quran, Translation by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem Tafheem ul Quran (Urdu) by Maulana Maudidi Lessons from the lives of those went went...

This first of three parts of Surah Qalam is about how Allah is comforting Prophet Mohammad when people (Kuffaar) of Makkah have started calling him a madman in light of him spreading word of Allah and practices taught by Allah to people of Makkah. This also covers personality traits of individuals who will be at immense loss and in danger of being marked by Allah...

This is inspired from my humble understanding of influence and significance of these two words in the life of a muslim. What is perceive for these two words to mean and reflect towards a muslim's life. Furthermore, how these two words form the cornerstone of our life along with everything else that I can and should strive to do in my lifetime.

This was a webinar I did on June 01 2023 but never got around editing it. The topic is Dependency Management and how it impacts organizational culture where I share my personal experience working dependencies on team, program and enterprise level.

This episode encapsulates one key factor, (based on my experience in the field working as a scrum master, with scrum masters as an agile coach and RTE and even as product owner) paying attention to which can help a scrum master moving the needle from being a good to a great one at it. What is this one critical success factor which does need help from so many other facets of a scrum master persona...

This track deals with what makes for a relatively successful transition into the role of a scrum master providing you a platform for ongoing success. This is by no means a silver bullet and like any other role and you need constant learning and evolution to impact incremental relentless improvement.

I speak about top down and bottom up transformation and what they mean. We further explore why top down or bottom up change may work for your specific organization.

In this episode of Talking Mental Health, Hafsa Farrukh sheds light on aspects of Postpartum Depression. She speaks about: - What is postpartum depression? - How is it different from baby blues? - How can we identify it? - How does it affect new parents and their relationships? - How can we as society work to counter postpartum depression? And more...

Dr. Sheeza Mohsin uses her experience of working with individuals, families and professional on both sides of the east/west coin to share some of the very basic ways parents can navigate through "What is gay?" question. She sheds light on: How parents can initiate the conversation? How to react if the child starts the conversation? How to differentiate between human rights from LGBTQI lifestyle su...

In this episode of Talking Mental Health, Dr. Amamah Ahmed responds to audience questions from around the world in relation to depression in children. - Teen depression - Depression due to different social classes - Time to intervene - How joint family system helps or worsens depression in children

In this episode of Talking Mental Health, Hafsa Farrukh sheds light on failure as a concept; and - How we as parents and guardians educate children about failure - What can we we do to counter such fear of failing - What can we do to help children get over such fear of not being successful