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The Illusion of the 24/7 Grind: Shifting from Hustle to Barakah (opens the original)
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Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim.In this article I explore one of the challenges that has taken me almost a decade to figure out. I was a high achiever building a partnership across six countries. After 10 years I felt hollow. My soul craved satisfaction, contentment but most importantly the desire to strive for something different. I left the successful partnership and did a deep dive into my spiritual growth. I share what I have learned along the way as I tried to balance ambition and Akhirah. The
Are You Postponing Your Happiness? (opens the original)
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I pulled a section out of my Happiness Conditions Audit for a 5-minute exercise to help you see how intentional you are with your happiness. Click it to download.There is a habit many of us have that looks surprisingly responsible: we make happiness conditional. We tell ourselves we will feel lighter when the job changes, when the money improves, when we get married, when our health is better, when the business works, or when life finally feels settled. Until then, we wait.Sometimes that waiting
Getting Closer to Allah Should Not Make You Smaller (opens the original)
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As always, I made you a little companion for this essay, because “sit with it” is useful, but a framework is better. Download the Surrender or Shrinking guide.There is a particular kind of relief that comes when you finally stop hoping for something. No more checking whether the door has opened. No more wondering whether this will be the month, the opportunity, the conversation, the answer. No more having to hold desire and uncertainty in the same hand.Sometimes that relief is exactly
You Are Allowed to Want It (opens the original)
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My dear sister,Lately I have been sitting with a question I did not expect to still be asking at this point in my life.Is there something you want that you have started to feel guilty for wanting?Not something forbidden. Something ordinary. Work that is yours. A wider life. The means to give rather than always to ask.And underneath the wanting, a quieter worry: is this dunya? Have I become someone who chases?Many of us carry that question. We carry it quietly, because it feels like the kind of t
When Your Life Doesn’t Look the Way You Thought It Would (opens the original)
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Before we begin I have a free workbook for you to download. It is a guided reflection for navigating an unexpected timeline.→ Download the mini workbook: The Life I Expected / The Life I HaveThere was a version of my life I thought I would be living by now.I didn’t have every detail mapped out. But I had enough.By a certain age, I assumed some things would have settled: marriage, perhaps. Children, if Allah allowed. A home that felt permanent. Work that made
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