Love

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 […]

In October 2019 me and Jawad went to Konya and visited the burial place of Mevlana Rumi.  In the Mevlana Museum, I saw his tasbih – huge and awe-inspiring.  How many times had Allah’s name been invoked upon those beads?  How many salawats had been […]

For Men & Women  With our beloved Ramadan around the corner, here are some tips on how we can manifest the four traits in this blessed month. Leadership Enter this month purposefully, carving out time for your priorities and delegating fairly among the family. Make […]

One morning, the sun, as was his daily practice, sought permission from his Lord to rise, and as it climbed high into the sky, one part of his brightness lit up and beamed down on the earth. It travelled through the cosmos, entering the earth’s […]

We have had some positive coaching breakthroughs recently, and I just wanted to share some that particularly stand out: One lady said she had had her old, trusted copy of Fascinating Womanhood on her bedside table for years, and it was so old and worn.  […]

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. […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

As salamu alaikum For those of you who don’t know me already, I’m Sara Malik, and I live in Hounslow, England, and I’m a marriage coach.  I’ve been helping women to create nourished lives and marriages for over ten years, alhamduliLlah! I’m so happy to […]

Alhamdulillah! Who our of my loyal readers can remember the days when we had an online community at Cherished and Successful?  I’m so happy to tell you that it is back again!  All praise is for Allah, the best planner and the gatherer of thoughts […]