Do you find yourself yelling at your kids when you’re angry? Like when you’re late for your dentist appointment because they decided to play with your keys (and lost them)? Or maybe when they decided to draw on the carpet (again) despite your repeated reminder not to do so? Do you feel like a bad
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How Vain Talk Kills Your Productivity & What to Do About It
Do you have a lot to do, but not enough time to do it? Do you wonder how some people accomplish so much in their day? Well, our Prophet , our pious predecessors, scholars, and entrepreneurs had exactly the same amount of time we do: 24 hours a day. But they were able to achieve so much
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Read Prologue | Episode 1 | Episode 2| Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5 “And then what happened?” I asked Giselle, the housekeeper. “After dessert, Alfred said madam needed to see me at once. When I went upstairs she yelled and said she never asked for me. She went off to see her guests, and
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How I Stopped Looking for Faults in People
At about the age of 15, I became more connected spiritually with my faith, and started making a conscious effort to become closer to Allah ; it was my mission to “enjoin the good and forbid evil”. Since I had discovered how beautiful faith was, I needed everyone around me to discover it too. The
Read article“Who Are You Defending?” – Episode 5: Reaction Formation as a Self Defense Mechanism
Read Prologue | Episode 1 | Episode 2| Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 6 “Thank you for meeting with me Alfred. I won’t take up too much of your time, I just have a couple of questions about the night Mrs. Zahir’s necklace went missing” I said. “Of course” Alfred, the butler, replied with a
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