This is a Du’a Hack for Anxiety, Stress and Sadness
Listen to the du’a HERE on the Mentally Fit Muslims podcast website. I’m always searching for tools to improve my sleep at night. Bedtime...
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Saba Malik
Oct 30, 20203 min
This is Why I Love My Haters
My haters range from people who stigmatized me to just the bully voices in my head that taunt me. They all hate for one reason or another...
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Saba Malik
Oct 23, 20204 min
There are worms in my ear
Yes. Well, at least I feel there are worms in my ear. I also feel spiders crawling on my toes. I was lying down, for the third time, and...
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Saba Malik
Sep 18, 20201 min
Do You Worship Your Feelings?
I call this “soft shirk” 😝 What does it mean to worship joy, sadness, anger and frustration? It means you make them the center, your...
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Saba Malik
May 22, 20205 min
Stress Management Coach Manal Khalife’s Five Postpartum Depression Gems
My dear friend Manal Khalife shared these gems with me before she passed away from cancer. I want to honour her struggle by sharing these...
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Saba Malik
May 1, 20203 min
The One Thing No One Talks About Postpartum Depression
“Oh my God, looks at this bundle of joy! You know how many people pay thousands of dollars just to have a kid. You are so lucky.” This...
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Saba Malik
Apr 24, 20204 min
Bipolar, Muslim and Fasting in Ramadan. This is My Experience
Last year, on the first day of Ramadan, I pulled up to a coffee shop to get some breakfast. The cashier said, “Good morning, what can I...
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Saba Malik
Mar 6, 20202 min
What is the Worst Prison on Earth?
Think about it…do you know where that is? The worst and most cruel confinement? It’s closer than you think and those of us blessed with...
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Saba Malik
Feb 14, 20203 min
What No One Tells You About Bipolar Hijabis
As if wearing the hijab wasn’t hard enough already, having bipolar and trying to stay modest gets even harder. There’s something no one...
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Saba Malik
Feb 7, 20203 min
Here’s a Quick Way to Deal with a Divorce
She loves him like the morning dew loves the lush grass. They have a remarkable son together. Despite being torn apart by hatred between...
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Saba Malik
Jan 16, 20204 min
What It’s Like to Have a Baby as a Muslim Bipolar Mom
I’ve tried to write this post many, many times before but I can honestly say that it took me over four years to get myself to pen these...
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Saba Malik
Dec 20, 20192 min
Little Known Ways to Soothe Nighttime Anxiety
Sleep and I always had a troublesome relationship. I mean, it’s ironic that I’m talking to you about insomnia when it’s past midnight and...
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Saba Malik
Dec 20, 20193 min
“Just pray more”
How many of you have heard this line or “miracle cure” before? Too many of us and much too often. Funny thing about this mental illness...
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Saba Malik
Dec 20, 20193 min
“Call the shaykh! There’s a jinn in her!”
The belief that mental problems are attributed to a lack of faith, spirit possession, bad karma, and the evil eye is strongly engrained...
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Saba Malik
Dec 20, 20193 min
“It’s all my fault”
“It’s all my fault.” This misconception around mental illness makes us believe that we spilled the coffee when in actuality, it was the...
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