Fig & Olive

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[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/252075909″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] If you’ve benefited from this audio please consider donating, I’m currently studying Arabic abroad and would appreciate your financial support. Thank you. Donate here: bythefigandtheolive.com/donate/

Abortion is a difficult and emotional issue. It is far too often empty of concrete facts and statistics. In a typical pro-life vs. pro-choice debate -when pro-choicers seem particularly desperate for an argument they’ll cite incest and rape –Would you force a woman to give birth to her rapist’s baby? And we are often told […]

“I would argue that, if anything, the fact that she raised five children and devoted her life to providing them with a safe, secure, balanced family life is a tribute to her.  She has contributed greatly to society by creating self-sufficient, independent children who are self-reliant and, hopefully, good and decent folk.” Link This argument has […]

Watch this and make an effort to live more consciously.

“When the earth is shaken with its [final] earthquake. And the earth discharges its burdens. And man says, “What is [wrong] with it?” -That Day, it will report its news. Because your Lord has commanded it. That Day, the people will depart separated [into categories] to be shown [the result of] their deeds. So whoever does an atom’s weight of […]

“There has been nothing greater in my life after the shahada than following the tariq” -Sheikh Nuh There are real sheikhs out there who abuse their students. I think most of the abuse is spiritual and sometimes marital –if a student becomes a wife, and despite some reactionaries, I think it is rarely sexual. A […]

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 […]

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 […]