Giving Love
Giving Love
Geranium Oil – Giving Love
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 […]
Fill up your love-wells.
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.
Last Day for Crowdfunder Campaign
Dear All! It is the LAST DAY from my Crowdfunder campaign to raise £3000 to provide: Free Relationship Coaching for Vulnerable Women I want to help vulnerable women to be confident and empowered by giving them the tools and strategies to overcome […]
Take from your Master, Give back to your Master
Use the gifts you receive from Allah ﷻ to give back to Him. Last year, in October 2019, my husband Jawad and I went to Konya to celebrate his 50th birthday mashaAllah. There we saw the whirling dervishes outside the resting place of Mevlana Rumi. […]
The Purpose of A Loving Marriage
For Men & Women As March is the month of connecting to our purpose, I recently wrote a post Why Do You Do what You Do? and in the following article, I wanted to explore how we connect to our purpose when we are loving, […]
During times of uncertainty…
Hold On To Good Habits It has never been a more important time to have a loving and strong marriage. During this time of difficulty, hold on to your good habits so you and your spouse can be a source of strength and peace for […]
My Top 99 Books
Somebody recently asked me what had happened to the booklist I had online, which I realised had inadvertently gotten lost – what better an opportunity to compile another one. Here, my cherished readers, are my 99 best-loved books! I love all of these books for […]
The Mothers
Dear Cherished Readers I pray you are all well. It’s been a while since I posted and there is a big reason for that: I don’t know where to start! And now, after returning from a blessed trip to Egypt, I just feel like I […]
Stretch Your Love-Giving Style
It was Maria Montessori who first described how different children have different learning styles. For example, a kinaesthetic learner will learn best through motion and touching and (theoretically) schools can utilise this to aid learning. It all sounds very plausible and certainly explains why little […]
Love Languages
When I first heard about LOVE LANGUAGES I was struck dumb with admiration, it was literally one of those moments when a whole lot of my problems were solved with one concept and suddenly I could see some of the spanners in the works of […]
Giving the gift of bread
Ever since I have had my breadmaker, I have always wanted to share the touching, smelling, experiencing fresh bread! It is now one of my sacred passions! So I’ve now started giving bread as a gift! I love the reaction of my friends when […]
Cars, Socks and Newspapers
I had a soul-nourishing morning last week when I was invited to visit the Book Club for the Soul, in High Wycombe. MashaAllah! What an amazing turnout of inspiring women! We sat in a huge circle in WISE Bookshop, with toddlers toddling round and keeping […]
Be Kind, Anyway
People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway. If you are honest […]
Mrs. Hopeless Treads on His Dreams
The Case of Mrs. Hopeless. Mrs Hopeless was terribly excited as her 10th anniversary approached; she wanted to celebrate her wonderful marriage in style! When she approached her dh, he was non-committal and tried many times to the change the subject. Mrs. Hopeless had her […]
