Loving and Living the Quran

Using the foundations and principles of mindful communication, in this final lecture of the series Mindful Communication as a Spiritual Practice,  We will try and understand Our responsibility towards our children...

In this episode, we use the foundations of Mindful Communication to explore a rather challenging kind of communication: Our responsibility to give feedback Amr bil Maroof and doing amr bil maroof – enjoining good and...

In this the ninth lecture in this series, we cover: Understanding anger and triggers Why we need to deal with the triggers Islamic guidance on dealing with anger and expressing it How to communicate mindfully when we...

The standard of family relationships in Islam is very high. According to the Quran, we are to build a home based on the principles of peace, love and compassion, a safe refuge in a turbulent world.  In this episode we...

As we have been saying, the best and worst of God’s creation is the tongue with which we speak. Words can connect and heal people and can also alienate and harm people. Words often produce powerful, lasting effects on...

Continuing our conversation on mindful listening we explore why listening to others is the best thing we can do for their healing and for our relationship with them.  We also discuss why mindful listening is so...

In this episode we talk about a very important skill in Mindful Communication and that is listening. Hearing is the physical process of receiving the message and is automatic, unlike listening. Mindless...

In this session, we continue exploring how emotional reactivity derails communication and what we can do about it. We discuss how the reptilian parts of our brain hijack our thinking brain so that we end up “flipping...

In the third lecture of the series, we talk about two challenges to mindful communication The first challenge is that of self-love: human beings have their own agenda and this makes it difficult to make room for...