May 31, 2015

How does that make you feel?


How does that make you feel? Introspection is a very important part of the work of a psychological. Talking about king the silence, explaining emotions, reflecting on reactions are all valuable to move the clinical process forward. That does not mean it has a place in life outside the clinician’s room. Even in the clinician’s […]

May 29, 2015

Some Commentary


I saw this on my FB friend Ben’s status and wanted to give some commentary on it, he’s quoted fully in italics and my comments are underneath. “Just some thoughts I wanted to share. I apologize ahead of time for the length. To know and understand the degree to which a painting has been marred and […]

May 26, 2015

Book Review: Tinkers


For better or worse an usually both, our parents affect us. It’s easy to make a political statement in light of this book, fathers matter. And so do mothers but because fathers are more often the ones who abandon than mothers and the one who abandons in Paul Hardings’ book, it is painfully clear that […]

May 22, 2015

Where are the women scholars? A non- reactionary approach


At some point, I thought I might like to be a scholar. I suppose when I started studying Islam more actively I began to realize the dearth of female scholars. Outside of my life now, where I am blessed to have  four main teachers in my life two of which are women, there were distinctly […]

May 21, 2015

Even then, praise God


There’s something about being disappointed that is always a bit heartbreaking. When you envision things going one way and they end up going another. It’s strange really since as believers we know everything is in God’s hands. I knew that my trip to Qatar today was completely up to Him yet I still moped about […]

May 21, 2015

Promises we can’t keep


My word is my bond, so goes the saying. We all make promises, some of which we don’t keep, why? Well, circumstances can change. Sometimes we literally can’t do what we once promised to do. In this case, we’re all-forgiving of ourselves and others forgive us, except children. Children don’t understand this. A promise to […]

May 20, 2015

Far reaches of excellence


Excellence. That’s what we’re supposed to implement. Who we’re supposed to be. What we’re supposed to do. But the goals of the mind are so far from the actions of the body. At times seemingly at war with each other. But it feels too hurtful to give-up our goals, that would be the obvious solution. […]

May 18, 2015

Letting go of the idea of letting go


Preparing to be… single? Of course, I’ve always thought and still do hope that I’ll get married one day. Of course for the relationship, love, support, children, etc. but also simply because it’s the course of the normal human life. Intimate relationships before marriage are out of the question so marriage is the only hope […]

May 17, 2015

Motherhood for the childless


What does it mean to be a mother? Motherhood is a bit of an elusive concept. Motherhood, mothering, to be a mother it’s not something we contemplate too often. Of course, we love our mothers for “all they do for us”. But with the increasing notion of genderless marriage and the idea that all you […]

May 16, 2015

Untitled


Sometimes it feels like the whole world is closing in on me I’m suffocating Begging for air to breathe I feel like You’re punishing me And there’s no doubt as to what I deserve I feel low without worth And I’ve given birth to my sadness Being in love Driven into madness One eye sees […]

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