Adopting the Hijri calendar as your primary calendar in life can be challenging – especially that our modern life is built and organized around the Gregorian calendar. This article will offer a practical tool to help you live a Hijri-first lifestyle we call: The #GoHijri Adoption Framework.
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Success Story: Amal Saymeh, Mindfulness Masterclass Graduate
Mindfulness and Me
I had been looking into the western philosophies, concepts, theories, and books to find fulfillment, and now I wanted to learn more about the Muslim perspective on fulfillment, life purpose, and values which led me to the Mindfulness Masterclass at Productive Muslim.
Bringing God, soul, and the heart back to Mindfulness, the Masterclass grounded me in my own faith, which was the ingredient I was lacking to be fulfilled.
Success Story: Aisha Ahmed, Mindfulness Masterclass Graduate
Mindfulness Masterclass and Me
Mindfulness is a buzzword. Everyone seems to be talking about it these days. I never once considered that I would be learning about Mindfulnes one day until I stepped inside the Mindfulness Masterclass at Productive Muslim. And I walked away with deeply meaningful tools for my spiritual-emotional wellbeing and a beautiful supportive community.
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What Islam Offers to Modern Self-Help: An Islamic Paradigm of Psychology
Islam offers not only a theological framework within which we can position ourselves in relation to God, but it also offers a holistic map for how to navigate the human experience on a path of development of the self, or soul. While we may understand and believe that the Qur’an and Sunnah provide all of
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How To Set Goals Like a Gardener?
As human beings, we’re driven towards setting goals and achieving them. Unlike animals, we are not content to simply sit, eat, reproduce, and sleep; we have an innate ‘meaning-seeking’ side to us that’s part of our fitrah (natural disposition) which ultimately is geared towards finding and fulfilling our ultimate purpose and that is to be
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How Divine Affection “Al-Wadud” Can Help You Deal with Work Mistakes
Do you ever make a mistake at work, or perceive a mistake as a manager, and it overwhelms you with sadness, anxiety, or other negative emotions? A few weeks ago, I was discussing with my supervisor a situation at work. I ended up overreacting or -as the supervisor said, “catastrophized” the situation. With a bit
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