burnout… Superwoman, supermom, boss babe, super wife! The problem with believing that superheroes exist in women! 20 Apr 201920 Nov 2019 In a life of high expectations, accolading women with these titles is adding to our problems frankly. No one is a super hero, right? Let's just agree over this because…
feminism… It’s okay if my husband isn’t my best friend. He’s my significant other. 20 Apr 201925 Aug 2019 Trust me husband-centered life livers! It's okay that he's the center of our beings and still not our best friend. Or he's our best friend when it's about half the…
burnout… Everything changed when I learned to say NO. It helped me avoid burnout. 19 Apr 201920 Nov 2019 I know this sounds like a super exaggeration. How can everything change just by mastering the art of saying no? After all, it's just a word. Can it have such…
feminism… Why am I not a recipient of my own grace? 18 Apr 201925 Aug 2019 We have ample grace for everyone. Our kids, spouse, parents, siblings, friends, boss, neighbors. But the one person that we don't have grace for is our own self. Why is…
feminism… Good marriage, bad marriage 16 Apr 201925 Aug 2019 When it's about a spousal relationship, we (particularly women) are conditioned to think that it's either a loving relationship or a quiet adjustment. That it's either a whirlwind of emotions…
humanity… “Kindness to my spouse? But why? Isn’t love enough?” 14 Apr 201925 Aug 2019 No. How can love alone be enough? For one thing, love without kindness isn't complete. Love invokes kindness and vice versa. I know you are probably waiting to hear about…
feminism… Helping my wife in Suhoor and Iftar preparation 11 Apr 201925 Aug 2019 "No way! That's not an expectation. Moreover, she does it so well. I don't know how she does it but she's always so on top of the Iftar and Sahoor…
feminism… Stop doing that to girls! You’re being offensive. 8 Apr 201925 Aug 2019 We have made some women very distressed with our “rishta-looking” practices. While it doesn’t particularly affect us until it’s our sister or daughter, women are facing much emotional torture because…
marriage… When an era ends…… 4 Apr 201925 Aug 2019 This isn't a secret that my in-laws and I have had many ideological and philosophical differences over the years. Some of these differences have occurred due to our different social…
feminism… Patience and fortitude….. survival skills or human virtues? 4 Apr 201925 Aug 2019 Each Ramadan I learn the skill of fortitude again. I learn how to say thanks to physical pain as it aligns me with the pain of so many suffering with…
My mind as a woman 