Doesn’t time fly! On this day, exactly one year ago, The Four Traits of a Cherished Muslimah was published! I can’t believe it has been a whole year! I have been spreading the message of leadership, love, justice and wisdom ever since, and I’m totally […]

Cherished Wellness is back from having taken a break! Alhamdulillah! This month, on Cherished Seasons, we are cultivating the habit of giving love to others – our loved ones and our spouses, for those of us who are married! An oil that can help us […]

Whilst writing my morning pages this morning, I contemplated on Allah’s Name, Ad-Dar. AD DAR The Creator of Harm There are lots of ways we can be harmed And so we have to take the means to stay safe. There are many ways we can […]

Do you have any love wells in your inner garden? These are little water-wells that contain all the love that is within you. Make a conscious effort to create more wells, and to ensure they are filled regularly so that you can give love back to others. Read more.

Do you wonder about how much self-care you ‘should’ be doing? Do you find that you work yourself to a depleted state and becoming burnt out? Do you wonder about how much self-care you ‘should’ be doing? ‘How much self-care should I do?’ was a […]

For Men & Women  Out with the old? Let’s face it:  our lives are not like those of our parents and we need a new template that defines a successful marriage.  My father, may Allah protect him and grant him health (say Ameen, please), had […]

For Men & Women  As April is the month of creating A Balanced Life, in this article let’s look out how we can create a balance between husband and wife and everything else that can often ‘get in the way’ of a loving, respectful, and […]

When things get difficult, what do you do? I pray.  And then I write. In 2013 I posted a story written by Agnes Slight Turnball in 1888 called When Queen’s Ride By.   It is such a beautiful story, I wrote about it my book The […]