Mommying While Muslim

Shehla Faizi host and producer of I’m a Muslim & That’s Okay wears a lot of hats as a graphic artist, podcaster, and mom extraordinaire. Add to her repertoire, mom of a child with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and you have a recipe to learn A LOT. We are too aware of the difficulty in helping our children get assistance with any kind of mental health assistance, but consider...

We kick off our Muslim Mental Health Hot Topics series this month with Functional Medicine Coach Momina Salim who discusses problematic behaviors in children and how preventive measures like good, pure food can make a change for the better. We want to extrapolate behaviors such as ADHD to mental health on what we eat and how we live. Hear how functional medicine inspired her own health journey and...

Dr. Jamillah Karim with academic qualification as long our wingspans joins us today to dispel several Muslim biases vs polygyny: she’s educated, she’s financially capable, she’s independent, she’ authoritative, she’s confident, and she CHOOSES polygyny as a way of life for herself. She is both frank about her support of it as a source for authentically loving and supporting Muslim sisterhood, as w...

You thought we wouldn't be fair and present all sides of the poly argument? Sorry, we must not have met before.... Ustadha Saba Syed joins us to discuss her personal and professional experiences of polygyny in Islam and how it won't work. Let's explore the history of Islamic polygyny, the hadeeth of Fatima a follower wanted to know more about, origins of immigrant misgivings, men&ap...

Coach Fatimah and Coach Nyla of Outstanding Personal Relationships join us today to talk about their lives as cowives. Anything that rhymes is our cup of tea, as are these two ladies who teach us what sisterhood can look like if we get good with Allah SWT first. It’s a conversation you don’t want to miss, especially when we talk about how polygamy is practiced in the Black Muslim American communit...

The CoWife Coach Mecca Nandi breaks down her family unit and how it’s evolved to its present place, addressing important topics such as jealousytrust and beliefemotional work of momssisterhood (what’s it mean to you?)women’s empowermentstrong marriages If you’re coming with criticism of polygyny in Islam to this episode, you might find yourself laying your biases down at the end of it. That’s what...

Will Perry represents the men of the masjid for us today and boy is he gracious about it because we really dug into him: Where are all the men when it comes to DV in the Muslim community? Good news! The urban legend of the Muslim American Posse is well and alive, so sisters, you have your soldiers available to you if you’re willing to call on them. Brothers, build more posses. Unique POV we gain f...

Hope comes on anonymously today to discuss her experience of emotional abuse–the scars that NO ONE SEES. Find out the walls that women in this situation run into: from perpetuating cycles of emotional abuse, cultural toxicity and the dearth of healing resources (including finances) that don’t permit them to leave. Have you ever wondered if what you’ve experienced is abuse? Hear what Hope has to sa...

This is a special REPLAY of Madiha Schader’s experience of hiding the painful details of her emotional abuse from family and friends. The cultural reasons she did this are very clear in her story. She’s not unique, especially because her lived domestic violence wasn’t always physical. Mental, emotional, verbal abuse, financial/social isolation, witholding necessary care, and unreasonable demands f...

Program Director of Nisa Homes, Yasmine Youssef joins us today to inform us about the differences between transitional homes and shelters, how to set them up in your own community, and how we can work together to put them out of business. Who else goes to work everyday wishing they don’t have to, any more than a domestic violence worker? Nisa Homes has to open a 9th and 10th transitional home in C...

If you don’t know Mona Kafeel of Texas Muslim Women’s Foundation, you have to hear this one. Her wisdom and insight regarding women’s safety and empowerment, allyship, and raising Muslim men plucks our heartstrings, and it’ll do yours too. Why do we continue to fight domestic violence as Muslims? If we are following our religion correctly, there shouldn’t even BE a fight! What TMWF provides to Dal...

 | This is not-to-be-missed episode where we learn about investment paths and products to help generate wealth, courtesy of Investment Advisor Rezwana Abed of Sharia Portfolio. Find out which ones to avoid as a Muslim, which ones to pursue whether or not you’re risk averse, and alternative money generators, some of which we’ve never heard of, like sakk.  Tune in at 6pm EST, especially if investing...

Janan Sarwar of now Global Bookshelves discusses leaving a six figure career for what really makes her heart sing: books. Well, they make our hearts sing, too. Learn about some of the mindset shifts moms may need to make if they’re leaving the workforce for kids, or find that the careers they trained for in school no longer work. Tune in at 6pm EST on Stitcher, Apple podcasts or ask Alexa (Uzma fo...

We LOVE seeing women in the Boardroom and those that help Muslims moms get rich, well, they're just our favorite. How DID she become an expert in Sharia compliant investments, and why does she keep doing it? Find out on this episode with Jane Carten of Saturna Capital, or as we know it in the Muslim community, AMANA Mutual Funds. Jane Carten has been President and Director of Saturna Capital...

Lisa Hashem joins us as someone who witnessed the financial illiteracy of her community and did something about it. Not only has she continued to educate and coach her community members, she challenges the traditional methods of financial support and wealth building our parents modeled. “Money magnifies who you are already.” We all know of someone who experienced financial infidelity and abuse. Th...

 | Dr. Saima Ali tells us how she navigated the choice between Wall Street and the hospital, and how she continues to follow her passion to help other Muslim women get rich, too. She’s a Financial Coach who helps us answer: ●      What are our money hang ups and why? ●      Did you know there’s survivors’ guilt over having money? ●      Is money a fitna (affliction, trial) or barakah (blessing)? F...

The entire Embracing Your Power team answers all your questions on this special BONUS Live with QA. We decided to air it as an episode in time for listeners to take advantage of the Early Bird discounts. We look forward to more questions and interest in the limited seats and beds remaining for this Retreat. What questions do you have? Tune in at 6pm EST on Spotify, Stitcher, or click the link in b...

Trigger warning: sexual abuse Mina is our guest today, anonymized to protect their identity. They share their experience with childhood sexual abuse and the effects it had on them, their parents, and their extended family. There are a lot of dynamics to consider and our inner justice-seeker may be triggered; however, the insight as a therapist and survivor they offer is really important to think a...

#boymom Farheen Raza Abbas joins us to discuss the circumstances that caused her to limit relationships in her own family. We didn’t expect bullying to show up in our series this month, but this episode really highlights what that can look like, some of the cultural bases of it, and how to set it straight. Learn how to set healthy boundaries and protect our inner children as well as the next gener...

Wow, get ready to gain insight into one of the most painful situations some families must deal with: severed ties of kinship. As Muslims, family is everything. But what happens when it’s not? Uzma kicks it off this month by sharing a major family rift and how she justifies severing ties, as well as where her reasoning falls short. We don’t ignore our own mistakes at this podcast! It’s a very intim...

 | We want to make sure you don’t miss catching up on all the episodes of THE GREAT MUSLIM AMERICAN ROAD TRIP following Mona Haydar and her husband Sebastian Robins along historic Route 66, exploring Islam’s deep roots in America. This series highlights the diversity of Muslims across the nation and thereby, the world.  So we’re publishing it AGAIN to make sure you go back to PBS to watch it with...

​Dr. Rand Diab joins us to discuss her empowering Reels and what she brings to the table that's different than other accounts. She even broaches the difficulties of parenting adult kids that are harder to divulge on social media. A conversation that can't be missed!​​Tune in at 6pm EST on Apple podcasts, Stitcher, or click on the link in our bio. Share this episode with a mom doc friend...

Yasemin Kanar spills the beans on what social media was like when she first took our feeds by the hijab, how it's transitioned, her content evolution, hasad and evil eye, and mommying while Muslim of course. You'll want to hear her advice on social media for kids and how to keep these virtual spaces authentic. We are so happy to finally have her on and we know you'll love hearing fr...

Honestly Aisha better known as Aisha Thabet joins us today to discuss her journey to social media: the good, the bad, and the scary. This is a terrific listen with kids and tweens so they know the reasons why they need to stay off social media. Why is she so frank about the perils of the Internet when she’s an influencer herself? Hello, she’s Honestly Aisha! For Muslim moms, if commiseration, vali...

Anse Najiyah Maxfield returns to the podcast to discuss her conversion story with us today. As an OG at Rabata, she traces its history and the birth of Project Lina. So we’ve discussed lots of issues in women’s conversion journeys last month,, but we’d be remiss to not approach it from a solutions focused lens. Get an insightful dose of new Islam, from feeling alienated from family, toxic new Musl...