Rahma Counselling & Consulting

Salima's reflections on 2022

You can't plan your breakdowns, even when you're a therapist. And sometimes, the break happens for the most unexpected of reasons...

It was a rude awakening but make no mistake, I am awake now.

Those glimpses of beauty, that single ounce of real love, can be enough to keep us here, and that’s as good a reason as any...

In case it hasn’t been clear up until this point, let me say it explicitly now - Black lives matter.

For me, Eid is a time of family and food, laughter and love... But one the most consistent features of Eid for me is gratitude.

I’m trying to listen to my own advice and practice what Adler calls the courage to be imperfect. And it does take courage.

Dhikr allows us to recollect that purpose, to remember and seek to know Allah, to walk towards Him rather than away from Him.

This week represents an ongoing fulfillment of the promise inherent in Allah’s name, al-Hadi, the Guide, which is today’s snowflake.

The other day, a client wished me happy Mother’s Day, and thanked me for the work I do in mothering her and my other clients.

This crisis has been a testament to both the power of community and the dangers that present themselves when our sense of community fails.

When I first saw Frozen II, I was absolutely unprepared for a story about reconciliation.

The simple phrase – “my religion is not for self-harm” – can become a beacon of sorts, a reminder.

Today’s snowflake is al-Sabur, the Patient One. And it’s got me thinking about patience, and about a particular verse of the surah al-Baqara

For a lot of us, self-love is a hard thing.

I still believe, at a fundamental level, that Allah answers our prayers. I believe that Allah hears us and responds.

I have always found Rahma to be an especially potent truth during Ramadan.

Coming to terms with the reality that we are brief, flickering candles in the vastness of the universe is a difficult, terrible thing.

Ramadan has arrived. In my world, Ramadan has always been one of he most important times of the year - a time for reflection, for...