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After a long hiatus, sharing with you the audio counterpart of qalb. thepsiritualheart, an Instagram page that briefly touches upon some of the commonly used words in the Holy Qur'an.

After a long hiatus, sharing with you the audio counterpart of qalb. thepsiritualheart, an Instagram page that briefly touches upon some of the commonly used words in the Holy Qur'an.

After a long hiatus we are back with a brilliant conversation with Aisha Rasul who in her own words is a "global nomad." Mother of 3 boys. Two teenagers & 1 young adult, Aisha had an early start in both marriage and mothering.Passionate about mental health & well being she has done a mix of trainings, courses, diplomas, certifications & worked intermittently. Then finally completed a two years masters program in 2020.Having lived in 3 countries outside of Pk , she is soon moving to a 4th one, navigating an expat life with the challenges of parenting children to the best or max of her abilities 

Aisha Rasul can be contacted on rasulaisha2012@gmail.com

In this podcast we talk about:

- What is trauma?

- What is intergenerational trauma? and its various manifestations.

- Mothership, expat lives!

-Advice

We are in conversation with the Internationally acclaimed Hosai Mojadiddi, who has been serving the Muslim community for over 25 years as a teacher, public speaker, author/writer, spiritual counselor, and mental health advocate. She currently teaches self-development and spiritual development classes for adults and youth and is actively involved with promoting social-emotional learning and mental health advocacy to students and educators via workshops and training. She’s a wife and mother of two and resides in California.

In this podcast she talked about :

- Love in its true form from Allah

- Human understanding of humane love

- A focus towards Divine Love

- Cleansing our hearts from malaise

Closing 2021 with this exceptional conversation with Heydieh Soroush, a specialist in spiritual healing through the Islamic tradition. She holds a Master of Science in Counseling and a Master of Divinity in Spiritual Healing and has spent over a decade helping clients connect with their hearts and live a life of presence and awareness through their connection with the Divine.

Heydieh utilizes the healing power of prayers and mindfulness-based practices to guide clients in stepping into their true essence and innate connection with the Divine by way of the heart. Using the guidance and power of the Divine Names of God, Heydieh helps clients transmute their pain into love by addressing the roots of emotional, physical, and spiritual disease. Through the way of spiritual healing, clients experience intimacy in divine oneness, unlocking their true potential through the power of the Divine, and living a life of contentment and empowered alignment with the essence of their inner truth

Our guest today is Nicole Paine, a Doctor of Chiropractic, Functional Medicine Practitioner and Mobility Specialist who has been practicing for over 15 years in the UK and Canada. Nicole aims to teach you how to evaluate your current state of health, inspire you to take action, improve your lifestyle and habits so you can reclaim and restore your health. Nicole qualified as a Chiropractor in 2006 (Canada) which began an everlasting exploration into alternative healthcare. She has trained in Functional Range Systems (FRC®, FRA®, FR®, Kinstretch®), Active Release Techniques®, Acupuncture and more with the goal of refining her clinical skills to offer the best possible treatment for her patients.

After 8 years in practice, she decided to undertake a master’s degree in Functional Medicine and Human Nutrition (UWS, Oregon) with the goal of diversifying her skills and learning how to uncover the root causes of her patient’s ailments. After practicing Functional Medicine for a few years, it became apparent to Nicole that much of what she advises could be implemented by individuals with a little guidance which led her to writing her first book - Eat Move Thrive 30 (EMT30). The EMT30 aims to teach you the principles of healthy eating, moving well and how to thrive in a modern world. The power to change your health and your life resides within you, let’s begin today in order to improve your health for the future.

Social Media

Website:eatmovethrive30.com

In this podcast we talk about :

- Joints and their optimal health

-Various pathologies of joints

- Technology & Spinal Health

- Sneak peek into Nicole's book EatMoveThrive

Our guest today is Farahnaz Zahidi Moazzam who is an eternal student of the Qur'an and passionately teaches it as well. She is a freelance journalist and editor, and also works as a Communications­ Practitioner. In all of these, she is aided by her love for languages and literature.

Social Media Handles:

Website: chaaidaani.wordpress.com

Twitter: @farahnazzahidi

Instagram : @farahnaz_zahidi_moazzam

In this podcast we talk about :

- Various human dimensions

- Balance, moderation

- Awareness & implementation

- Simplicity & Healing

In conversation with Dr. Derek Gladwin, who is an educator and author of several books, including Ecological Exile and Rewriting Our Stories. He teaches in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia and also works with individuals and groups on narrative coaching. His research and teaching aim to promote social understanding and relational action on environmental, health, and well-being, and arts-based approaches through public forms of education and literacy. He has held research fellowships at the University of Amsterdam, the University of Edinburgh, and Trinity College Dublin.

Social Media

Website:derekgladwin.com

Instagram: @rewritingourstories

LinkedIn: @derekgladwin

In this podcast we talk about:

- The reason behind Dr. Gladwins book

- What really is storytelling

- A rundown of R.E.W.R.I.T.E

In conversation with Paul Abdul Wadud Sutherland, born in 1947,  writer/poet became a Sufi Muslim in 2004 and took 'byaat' accepting the guidance of Shaykh Nazim Al-Haqqani who also married him to Afifa Emutallah the same year. He has seventeen collections and was the founding editor of Dream Catcher magazine now 25 years old. Most recently his books include Servant of the Loving One and Children's Routes and Red Streamers. His writing is archived by the University of Lincoln. His work attempts to connect secular and esoteric perspectives through the recognition that everything is from Allah.

Social Media :

Website: authorpaulsutherland.com

Twitter: paulsuther1

Instagram:paulsutherland7

In this podcast we talk about:

- The Journey of Paul Sutherland

- The mystery of the 'veils' in the Quran

- Consciousness & Conscience

- Suffering & Spirituality

-Poem Recitation

And just like that we have reached the last Friday of Ramadan 2021. Concluding the series with a conversation with A. Helwa on spiritual listening. This not only entails tangible audible listening but also listening to ourselves, to our desires, to our egos and to our conversations with Our Creator. 

Hope you enjoy this episode and thank you for your continued support.

Many thanks!

Our third episode of the Ramadan 2021 special series.

What is the truth? What are we seeking? What is honest for us might not be honest for another. The Universe and its Creator...present and absent at the same time. Our personal prejudices and its ramifications....Shaykh Ebrahim answers these questions in this short but powerful podcast

Our second episode of the Ramadan 2021 special series. 

The concept and transience of time discussed with Shaykh Ebrahim. Where he underlines our deep attachement to time , thinking of it is a linear concept. A deeply insightful discussion, albeit short!

Our guest today is Momina Randhawa who is a Human Rights lawyer and activist who has worked with countless women victims of violence and injustice. She believes in the need to explore the depth of these issues and the lasting impact they have on individuals, families and the society. This desire compels her to question existing legal and social norms and find ways to help those struggling with problems that our existing legal system is not addressing or perhaps not capable to handle.

In this podcast we talk about :

- Marital rape

- Gender roles & patriarchy

- Misquoted hadith & existing jurisdiction

- Do we have hope?

Our guest today is Shobhaa De'  - who is a widely read author and columnist. She is known for her outspoken, irreverent views, making her one of India's most respected opinion shapers. Her writings have consistently chronicled her deeply felt socio-political-cultural concerns.

Shobhaa De's most recent literary work:

Srilaaji

Lockdown Liaisons

Seventy..and to hell with it

In this podcast we talk about:

- Storytelling and fearlessness

- Managing criticism & Judgements

- Parenting skills

- When life throws lemons at you...

Signing off for the next two weeks, so that I can come back with better, more meaningful content. If you have suggestions, leads, recommendations please feel free to drop me an email on saadia@dhaani.online. 

Wanted to share some thoughts, so here they are in this 5 minute podcast

Our guest today is Professor Maja, a sociologist, author and TEDx speaker. She is also a confidence-builder and apology-hater. She graduated with a Ph.D. in Sociology in 2014 (focusing on the sociology of women’s health), with no clear career in mind, until she attended an academic conference that completely changed the trajectory of her research, career and life. Her full-time job is on the public speaking circuit where she gives talks and workshops to girls and women about all things related to confidence, communication and mindset.

Social Media

Website: professormaja.com

In this podcast we discussed

- The nature of excessive apology

-Gender & Cultural disparities

- Women & their downplaying biases

- Changing the script so that we can re-build our confidence

Our guest today is Azam Jamil, who has more than 44 years of experience in Hospitality, Tourism, Management, Marketing, Operations, Peoples Management and Training & Development. His schooling journey started from Aitchison College Lahore, Burn Hall Abbottabad, University of Karachi and finally to Cornell University in Ithaca New York. Azam is one of Pakistan’s leading authorities on Executive Development. Azam has also been a professional sportsman and was Pakistan’s national champion. He has represented Pakistan in tournaments at home and abroad. He is also a qualified pilot, holds a Commercial Pilots License and has flown for Air Search & Rescue in Colorado, USA. Music is Azam’s passion; he has been playing for over 4 decades.

Social Media

Youtube: Azam Jamil Developing People

In this podcast we talk about :

- Navigating our challenging lives

- Tarbiyat (Upbringing) & Taaleem (Education)

-Honesty & Authenticity

- The art of losing

- Eg0 & Vulnerability

Our guest today is Wale Elegbede, who is described as a community servant by the La Crosse Tribune Editorial Board, he is an advocate for people, community, and diversity. He has brought people of all backgrounds together through positive dialogue and collaboration. As he says "Being a father and husband  are my MOST important roles" and all the rest follow

You can find out more about Mr. Elegbede on:

Website: waleelegbede.com

Twitter: @welegbede

Instagram :@welegbede

In this podcast we talk about :

- Pillars of community building

- Breaking bread with your brothers

- Compassion as the antidote of hate

- Common base of Abrahamic Religions

Originally from Madrid, Spain, Carlos has been steeped in all aspects of the yoga tradition during more than 40 years of practice and study. He spent 18 of those years as a monk of the Saraswati order, under the name Swami Gitananda, including 9 years of traditional training and practice in India. During this time he learned the various systems of Indian Philosophy and immersed himself in the practice of yoga, becoming one of the senior monks of the tradition and teaching meditation and philosophy to tens of thousands of students around the world. He combines this experience and traditional training with his academic background, which includes two Masters Degrees: one in Sanskrit, from U.C. Berkeley (where he has taught) and another one, in Religious Studies, from U.C. Santa Barbara. He is currently working on a book on the topic of “Karma and the Journey of the Soul”, as well as an updated History of Yoga and a new translation of the Śivasūtra, an important Tantric text of the Kashmiri tradition .

As a teacher, Carlos is renowned for the breadth of his knowledge and the clarity with which he conveys it. His great love of the Indian yoga traditions, his insight, his humor and his deep connection with his audiences give him the ability to transmit the deepest scriptural teachings in a way that is clear, meaningful and applicable. Studying with Carlos is an enjoyable and transformative experience.

Carlos Pomeda Website : pomeda.com

In this podcast we talk about :

- Philosophic world view

- Yogic Philosophy

- Consciousness & Mediation

- Heart & Mind supremacy

Our guest today is poet and theologian, Pádraig Ó Tuama’s , whose work centres around themes of language, power, conflict and religion. Working fluently on the page and in public, Pádraig is a compelling poet and skilled speaker, teacher and group worker. A profoundly engaging public speaker, Ó Tuama has worked with groups to explore story, conflict, their relationship with religion and argument, and violence. Using poetry, group discussion and lectures, his work is marked both by lyricism and pragmatism, and includes a practice of evoking stories and participation from attendees at his always-popular lectures, retreats and events.

Website : padraigotuama.com

In this podcast we talk about:

- Who is Padraig

- On Being project

- Growing up to be a poet

- The lyrics & rhythms of poetry

- Vulnerability & Its routing

- Rumi & Reflection

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