Islamic Life Coach School Podcast

In this episode, we explore how emotional integration completes the stress cycle in both mind and body so your nervous system can finally stand down. 

We walk through a practical five-step integration cycle: identification and labeling, acceptance and allowance, investigation through embodied curiosity, expression for healthy discharge, and action that marks completion. Along the way, we use clear examples to bring the pro...

Today, we open up the science and the practice of coherence, the state where your heart, brain, and nervous system move in rhythm so you stop leaking energy and start acting with clear conviction. 

Using heart rate variability as the guide, we break down how smooth, predictable timing emerges when emotions complete their cycle and why rumination or suppression keeps your physiology on alert long after the moment has passed.

The nervous system clings to familiar stories, even when they hurt. This is why healing requires an unlearning. 

We talk through the hidden beliefs many women inherit from survival...rest is irresponsible, pleasure is dangerous, and why these “truths” are really adaptations to hostile environments. We dive into the messy middle where healing feels like loss, because identity was built around endurance. Healing the nervous ...

Devotion is the engine that powers your life.

We take a clear-eyed look at devotion as both an inner state and a behavior, an intentional choice that activates purpose, steadies the nervous system, and fuels consistent action. 

By separating devotion from obligation, we expose the quiet harm of narratives that call loyalty weakness and effort suffering, especially for Muslim women who carry the emotional labor of family, faith, and c...

In this episode I talk about how a survival-focused brain hands us fast, familiar thoughts that harden into identity, and how a few seconds of awareness can change the narrator of your life.

We dig into the mechanics of default thinking, why the mind prefers shortcuts, and how filtering turns first impressions into fixed labels. Then we model practical reframes across marriage, money, career, parenting, faith, and friendsh...

What if the real problem isn’t your to-do list, but the culture around it? We dive into a practical, four-step framework that shifts you from exhausted micromanager to calm, capable leader....at home, with friends, at work, and in your marriage. 

The move is simple and repeatable: identify the problem, get buy-in, allow mistakes, and repeat with steady leadership. 

You’ll hear how to stop dramatizing missed chores, lat...

We explore a powerful shift from managing chaos to designing calm by adopting a CEO mindset for everyday life. Instead of living in the noise of tasks, we focus on the vision, values, and simple structures that make tomorrow easier than today.

We start by unpacking the difference between manager and CEO energy. A manager reacts and maintains; a CEO designs and prevents. That change in altitude turns endless to-do lists int...

Feeling buried under patriarchy, debt, burnout, or a broken marriage market? We unpack why the brain loves dramatic, unsolvable questions and how a simple shift to better, smaller questions gives you leverage today. Instead of spiraling at the scale of the system, we move to the smallest useful unit of change: one thought, one boundary, one action. Along the way, we challenge the default brain’s obsession with efficiency that recyc...

I share why you can’t make someone feel your love...and why that’s liberating. When you offer presence and kindness, their body has to feel safe enough to receive it; your job is to love without controlling their response. This is where boundaries get stronger, not softer: limits set without resentment are clearer, kinder, and more effective. We talk about body image, marriage, parenting, and the everyday moments when conditional l...

Ever pour your heart onto the page, feel lighter, and then find yourself stuck in the same loop a week later? We get it and we built this conversation to help you turn journaling from a quick reset into a reliable engine for transformation, clarity, and faith-centered growth.

We start by separating regulation from resolution. Venting can calm the nervous system, and that matters, but lasting change asks for more: noticing ...

Today we unpack the hidden cost of enmeshment and chart a clear path to attunement, we break down how enmeshment shows up in families and partnerships...oversharing, emotional fusion, control, and the chronic belief that your harmony depends on keeping everyone else regulated. Then we contrast that with attunement: staying connected and compassionate without losing your internal reference point. You’ll hear a practical walk‑through...

In this episode we explore what changes when you stop assigning fault for a single day and give your nervous system a kinder job....learning instead of litigating.

We look at why blame feels noble, promising justice, control, and safety, yet slowly turns into armor that becomes a prison. You’ll hear how outward accusation often rebounds as inward self-criticism, and why your brain can’t cleanly separate the tone it uses on...

If your mind feels loud and your body feels far away, this conversation offers a way home. We dive into the real meaning of embodied living, bringing attention to inner sensations, honoring subtle emotional signals, and learning when to switch to the outer world so you can heal from stress, make clearer decisions, and deepen your worship.

We start with the simplest anchors: thirst, hunger, tiredness, and the quiet signals ...

What if the mind’s “savings plan” is quietly bankrupting your future? We unpack the false economy of victimhood...the way the primal brain seeks comfort, avoids pain, and conserves energy by recycling old stories and calling them wins. From “I can’t lose weight” to “I’ll never get promoted” to “I was betrayed; I can’t move on,” we trace how these narratives deliver quick relief while costing health, intimacy, confidence, and possib...

We dive deep into equanimity as a practical, learnable skill for Muslim women who want to stop snapping, start choosing, and carry calm into chaos without numbing their hearts. Instead of trying to “feel calm first,” we flip the sequence: stabilize your actions while your emotions vary, train your nervous system with small, repeatable choices, and let your inner state catch up to your consistent behavior.

We unpack the dif...

What if the fastest way to your goals is to slow down first? We unpack a filtered approach to productivity that keeps your peace intact while you do big, meaningful work...at home, in your career, and in your worship.

We begin by separating self-worth from achievement so your ambition runs on clean fuel, not self-defense. Then we embrace the 50/50 nature of life: joy and frustration, ease and difficulty, all baked into the...

Contempt sneaks into our closest relationships disguised as righteousness. We don't think we're feeling superior...we simply believe we're right. What makes this emotion particularly dangerous is that it requires two specific ingredients to flourish: a shared history and a presumption of equality. This explains why we rarely feel contempt for strangers or children, but frequently harbor it toward partners, close fami...

Comparison is hardwired into our brains...not as a flaw, but as an evolutionary survival strategy. While this instinct once helped our ancestors find belonging and detect threats, today it often manifests as scrolling through Instagram and measuring ourselves against impossible standards.

Recently I found myself questioning the competitive framework that pits people against each other. This moment sparked a deeper explorat...

Reaching my 250th podcast episode feels monumental, and I couldn't think of a more fitting topic to mark this milestone than vulnerability...specifically, how to wield it as the powerful asset it truly is.

Vulnerability... being emotionally transparent can create deeper connections and resolve conflicts more effectively, not all vulnerability leads to healing. The missing piece in most conversations about vulnerabilit...