Does Your Own Childhood Affect Your Parenting?
Ever wondered why one parent can keep a sense of humor in the face of their child’s challenging behavior while another starts yelling? Why some parents plague themselves with criticism, worry and doubt while others seem more able to just relax and enjoy their children? Read more at psychologytoday.com
How to Keep Housework From Hurting Your Marriage
When you or your partner is unhappy about the allocation of household chores, the stress level in your home can increase tremendously. If you ask wives what their top source of stress is, quite a few will respond that it is the fact that their husbands don’t want to do their share of work around the house. Read more at […]
Mental Health Awareness Month
We all have many feelings swirling around during this time of quarantine. Some of these feelings may even conflict with each other, or change depending on the day, or even over the course of a single day. Some of us may have lost loved ones during this time. For others, this experience may bring up […]
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Reducing Anxiety During Coronavirus Pandemic
Psychiatrist Sue Varma says that during a time of high stress, it’s important to focus on “the four Ms of mental health – mindfulness, mastery, movement and meaningful engagement.” Watch video at msnbc.com
Decorate for Ramadan with Family
Ramadan is the time to exercise self-control and show compassion towards the less fortunate. But getting the kids excited about Ramadan can be quite challenging, especially when they are not fasting along with the other members of the family. So how can you educate your children about Ramadan and Eid without making it boring for […]
Under One Roof: Home Together During the Coronavirus Pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. As businesses, schools, and universities move toward online operations and travel plans get canceled, we are facing massive disruptions to the daily rhythms of our lives. For many couples, togetherness organically alternates with separateness, as they bid farewell to each other in the morning and […]
Making this an Eid to Remember – Celebrating in the time of COVID-19
By Sameera Ahmed, PhD and Sarrah AbuLughod, MA Growing up, the last few days of Ramadan in our household were always a flurry of activity. Whether we were quickly baking one last batch of cookies for the neighbors, putting the final touches on our Eid outfits, or quickly running out to buy bags of candy […]
Keeping up the Giving Tradition
By Alaa Mohammad Shareef, BA How can I give back to others and my community if I still can’t leave my house?! This is a question that many of us may still be struggling with as we finish these last few blessed days of Ramadan. Many of us spent most of the month missing our […]