Menstruation carries a weight far beyond the physical — years of silence, shame, and cultural taboo. This session breaks that silence, addressing the stigma head-on and reclaiming the conversation through the lens of our deen

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Menstruation carries a weight far beyond the physical — years of silence, shame, and cultural taboo. This session breaks that silence, addressing the stigma head-on and reclaiming the conversation through the lens of our deen

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This is the session everything else builds on. Dr. Sarah Hemeida and Aalimah Sarah walk through the essentials of reproductive anatomy and hormones so the cycle finally makes sense; then we move into the fiqh side: how to track with confidence and what that tracking means for prayer and other forms of worship. A starting point for understanding your body and your practice, together.

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This is the session everything else builds on. Dr. Sarah Hemeida and Aalimah Sarah walk through the essentials of reproductive anatomy and hormones so the cycle finally makes sense; then we move into the fiqh side: how to track with confidence and what that tracking means for prayer and other forms of worship. A starting point for understanding your body and your practice, together.

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In this episode, we explore the science behind breathwork: what it does for the nervous system, the body, and stress, and how something as simple as a breath can become a form of healing. We also look at the spiritual side of how it connects us to presence, to calm, to remembrance. More than air, it's a tool we already carry with us.

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In this episode, we explore the science behind breathwork: what it does for the nervous system, the body, and stress, and how something as simple as a breath can become a form of healing. We also look at the spiritual side of how it connects us to presence, to calm, to remembrance. More than air, it's a tool we already carry with us.

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Aalimah Sarah and Dr. Sarah are sitting down to have the honest conversation about burnout that most of us needed years ago. What it actually is, how it shows up in the body, why Muslim women are particularly vulnerable to it, and why it won't go away on its own no matter how many early nights you have. Because burnout isn't a tiredness problem, it's a systemic one. And the solution isn't a nap, a bubble bath, or pushing through with more sabr. It's understanding what's happening, why it's happening, and what real recovery actually looks like. Consider this your permission to finally take it seriously.

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Aalimah Sarah and Dr. Sarah are sitting down to have the honest conversation about burnout that most of us needed years ago. What it actually is, how it shows up in the body, why Muslim women are particularly vulnerable to it, and why it won't go away on its own no matter how many early nights you have. Because burnout isn't a tiredness problem, it's a systemic one. And the solution isn't a nap, a bubble bath, or pushing through with more sabr. It's understanding what's happening, why it's happening, and what real recovery actually looks like. Consider this your permission to finally take it seriously.

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