Forgiving Your Parents & Learning to Move On
“Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them” – Oscar Wilde Guest Post by Hosai Mojaddidi The notion that adults, and in particular, parents and caregivers, are to be unequivocally trusted ...
To Medicate or Not to Medicate? The Question for Treating ...
“The part cannot be well unless the whole is well” -Plato For many Muslims who are dealing with mental illness, the question of medication haunts them due to religious concerns. Many have questioned the permissability of psychotropic medications in ...
Compulsive Hoarding
“At the end, all that’s left of you are your possessions. Perhaps that’s why I’ve never been able to throw anything away. Perhaps that’s why I hoarded the world: with the hope that when I died, the sum total of ...
Talking About Mental Health in a Muslim Community
By Habiba Original Source: http://www.time-to-change.org.uk I have always struggled to talk to my family about my mental health problems openly because I was scared I would not get the support that I need but obviously when you live in ...
16 Tips to Tackle Common Challenges When Parenting Kids with ...
“They say I have A.D.H.D. They just don’t understand…oh look, a squirrel!” By Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Original Source: http://psychcentral.com The symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can present parents with many challenges. Kids with ADHD “often lose track of ...
Dealing with Grief
“Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life’s search for love and wisdom”. -Rumi The stages of grief and mourning can be universal ...