Episodes

The entire Embracing Your Power team answers all your questions on this special BONUS Live with QA. We decided to air it as an episode in time for listeners to take advantage of the Early Bird discounts. We look forward to more questions and interest in the limited seats and beds remaining for this Retreat. What questions do you have? Tune in at 6pm EST on Spotify, Stitcher, or click the link in bio and SHARE this episode with a girlfriend you love to travel with so y’all can talk each other int...

Trigger warning: sexual abuse Mina is our guest today, anonymized to protect their identity. They share their experience with childhood sexual abuse and the effects it had on them, their parents, and their extended family. There are a lot of dynamics to consider and our inner justice-seeker may be triggered; however, the insight as a therapist and survivor they offer is really important to think about. Let’s talk about second generation trauma, family expectations vs social expectations, our own...

#boymom Farheen Raza Abbas joins us to discuss the circumstances that caused her to limit relationships in her own family. We didn’t expect bullying to show up in our series this month, but this episode really highlights what that can look like, some of the cultural bases of it, and how to set it straight. Learn how to set healthy boundaries and protect our inner children as well as the next generations from toxic cultural behavior, i.e. bullying and body shaming, that can literally break apart ...

Wow, get ready to gain insight into one of the most painful situations some families must deal with: severed ties of kinship. As Muslims, family is everything. But what happens when it’s not? Uzma kicks it off this month by sharing a major family rift and how she justifies severing ties, as well as where her reasoning falls short. We don’t ignore our own mistakes at this podcast! It’s a very intimate journey of self reflection and might help someone out there who has estranged family and wants t...

| We want to make sure you don’t miss catching up on all the episodes of THE GREAT MUSLIM AMERICAN ROAD TRIP following Mona Haydar and her husband Sebastian Robins along historic Route 66, exploring Islam’s deep roots in America. This series highlights the diversity of Muslims across the nation and thereby, the world. So we’re publishing it AGAIN to make sure you go back to PBS to watch it with the kids. Share it with your friends tonight! | Watch The Great American Muslim Road Trip streaming: p...

​Dr. Rand Diab joins us to discuss her empowering Reels and what she brings to the table that's different than other accounts. She even broaches the difficulties of parenting adult kids that are harder to divulge on social media. A conversation that can't be missed!​​Tune in at 6pm EST on Apple podcasts, Stitcher, or click on the link in our bio. Share this episode with a mom doc friend or three. Dr. Rand Diab on the web: http://www.randdiab.com/Rand on IG: https://www.instagram.com/rdiabmd/ Ran...

Yasemin Kanar spills the beans on what social media was like when she first took our feeds by the hijab, how it's transitioned, her content evolution, hasad and evil eye, and mommying while Muslim of course. You'll want to hear her advice on social media for kids and how to keep these virtual spaces authentic. We are so happy to finally have her on and we know you'll love hearing from her as much as you love following her online. For moms who feel overwhelmed by curated feeds and pics, this is a...

Honestly Aisha better known as Aisha Thabet joins us today to discuss her journey to social media: the good, the bad, and the scary. This is a terrific listen with kids and tweens so they know the reasons why they need to stay off social media. Why is she so frank about the perils of the Internet when she’s an influencer herself? Hello, she’s Honestly Aisha! For Muslim moms, if commiseration, validation and inspiration is what you seek, then hop on a ride with today’s episode and you’ll love Ais...

Anse Najiyah Maxfield returns to the podcast to discuss her conversion story with us today. As an OG at Rabata, she traces its history and the birth of Project Lina. So we’ve discussed lots of issues in women’s conversion journeys last month,, but we’d be remiss to not approach it from a solutions focused lens. Get an insightful dose of new Islam, from feeling alienated from family, toxic new Muslim education, and learning Muslim-ese (Anse’s term). Also learn what Project Lina does to help addre...

A three-part documentary series, THE GREAT MUSLIM AMERICAN ROAD TRIP follows a millennial Muslim American couple on a cross-country journey along historic Route 66 as they explore Islam’s deep roots in America. Making more than a dozen stops between Chicago andLos Angeles, rapper Mona Haydar and her husband Sebastian Robins meet with authors, entrepreneurs, medical students, performers and others to better understand the centuries-long Muslim experience in the United States. This series highligh...

Kai Wingo’s energy in this episode is so refreshing mashaAllah. Her conversion story is another example of a uniquely easy one. With parental and community support as well as her own quest for knowledge, she was able to get her questions answered and revert to Islam. From Intro to Islam classes to sisterhood in sohbet (Turkish halaqa) culture, to creating unique reusable stickers to help her daughter feel represented. Tune in to this bonus episode on Apple podcasts, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, or go...

Nye Armstrong of Happy People Podcast joins us to discuss her path to Islam and how her education showed her the life she was living (with a self titled Muslim) wasn’t jamming with the religion she was falling in love with. Hear her hurdles and advice to both non Muslims and Muslims alike, especially premarital advice to women considering Islam. Let’s all think on our own “shahadah moment” (coined by Nye). Warning: We mention abuse physical and sexual abuse and advise parental guidance. Tune in ...

Alex Khouri of the Aweea brand is on today to tell us her story about coming to Islam and how hers might actually be kind of exceptional. She kind of hit the lottery a couple of times masha’Allah, but hear her repressed memories of things that traumatized her upon her conversion! For real, she’s figuring it out on this episode. In her prior life, Alex was committed to cosplay and is a seamstress extraordinaire. Check out her products to confirm! Tune in at 6pm EST on Apple podcasts, Stitcher, ...

Muslim women know fashion, and as such, they know Lisa Vogl, spokesperson for modest fashion and domestic violence, and convert to Islam. Her revelation about converts post shahadah (coming to Islam) is an important reflection of the Muslim community, but even more important are her tips to step up to and for new Muslims. A good point she alludes to is that while Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, there are still a lot of people leaving Islam, and we have to consider why that’s ...

​This is one of our favorite replays, not just because of Amanda Moutakki's alternate identity as @marocmama, but because her conversion story is so unique. She just isn't afraid of a challenge, or a new experience, and everyone deserves to "meet" her, if only on this episode. But for reals: Go find her in Morocco. If you’ve been a fan of Maroc Mama, you’ll be so excited for this one. For those who don’t know her, you will fall in love. Amanda Moutakki joins us today to discuss her expat achieve...

Samihah Huq joins us to discuss her experience with food addiction and how she’s hit a wall with her doctor in terms of understanding, naming, and taming it. There are barriers to wrapping our brains around food addiction in the Muslim community, starting with the doctor’s office and leading right up to an auntie’s buffet table. Just like any other addiction, food affects neurochemistry and failure to look at it as a passing issue, a phase, or anything other than a disease unto itself is leading...

Like almost every episode this month, there’s explicit content so please be mindful of tiny ears within listening range. Dr. Madiha Tahseen from The Family & Youth Institute joins us today to discuss what The FYI research has learned about porn consumption in the Muslim American community, its effects, and how to prevent it. There are some super surprising facts to learn today, not the least of which is a spike in Muslim porn viewership during the pandemic, but shocking to us: religious kids wat...

We have a BONUS episode for you this week! There’s explicit content so please be mindful of tiny ears within listening range. Salah Abu Muna shares his research study that seeks to determine the need for Muslim-centered substance abuse recovery. He needs 10 more Muslim subjects by May 31st and it’s a paid study to boot! Twelve steps isn’t the only way; find out why! We pray this episode will get him the data set he needs to provide a critical resource to Muslim Americans in crisis. Ameen. Hear a...

Tina Khan joins us today to discuss her experience watching her son’s spiral into drugs and mental health crises and what it did to their family. This is definitely an episode you want to hear before you choose to let your kids listen in, but it really does merit a listen by young people to hear what drug addiction does, not just to an individual, but a family and community. Where are we as a Muslim community in terms of supporting our young Muslims struggling with drug addiction, and just as im...

Due to the mind-numbing circumstances of this week’s Supreme Court decision, we decided to re-release our abortion episode. Right, critics, we know if our moms got abortions, we would not be born to tell the tale. Your fallacy of logic is too exhausting to even address. As women, moreover as mothers, we are consumed with grief and anger over what is happening on the daily to threaten our children, but now, even the bodies of our female children? While we regroup and figure out how to take actio...

Join Zaiba and Uzma with their Eid reflections, prep, and favorite resources. We appreciate our audience following along these last two months during our episodes to prepare for Ramadan, stay strong with our worship in Ramadan as moms spread so very thin, and now we are more than happy to share our holiday with our momsisters. Learn about easy family-friendly sadaqa projects that can be done the day of Eid. Keep up the good work and see what Zaiba is doing with the sadaqa jar money her kids have...

Ustadha Safiya Ravat of Suhbah Institute reminds us how to focus on our Ramadan as moms–beyond the food, the rat race, the decor, and all the things we have to continue doing–to build our safe spiritual spaces with Allah SWT. Uzma sniffs a lot in this episode after Ustadha shares the tafseer of a commonly misquoted and misused hadith. We couldn’t cut out all that helpful audio from our guest. This one’s for all the girls who grew up being told they didn’t belong in the masjid. Share this episo...

We are so honored to have Ustadha Hosai Mojaddidi talk to us about impediments to spiritual consistency in our lives. While some folks are trying to get through Ramadan day by day, we are excessively worried about the month coming to a close and not having learned anything. Y’all know we are an anxious duo at the podcast! How do we carry our Ramadan routines forward past this blessed month and not lose the spiritual high? Let’s talk about train cars, the myth of parental ownership, suhbah (spir...

| Zaiba and Uzma discuss their Ramadan 2022 plans and fears because let’s not continue saying “the pandemic is over” and go back to normal. It’s still a worrisome time, but less stressful alhamdulillah, and to that end, what does their mindset look like after preparing last month with their Nutrition & Fitness series? We hope you find yourself less stressed about “doing it all” this month. Bonus content about QuadMShops and our experience meeting listeners for the first time. We want to make it ...