Fig & Olive

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]