Psychology of Divorced and Widowed Muslim Women, Losing Touch with Modesty & Rewiring Your Trauma

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Berak Hussain is in town and on the podcast this week. We dissect the harsh reality of widowed and divorced Muslim women. Berak's on-the-ground work has given her a one-of-a-kind experience into the minds of these women and there is a lot to unpack here. We also dive into modesty and rewiring the brain to heal from trauma. This is not going to be easy to digest for some. Enjoy!

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00:00 Intro
04:14 How do you become better?
10:16 Understanding intentions
16:55 Widowed women and low self-worth
27:01 Connecting Islam in hardship
33:34 State of women's mental health + men showing emotion
43:05 Marriage as an idea is more attractive than marriage itself
46:55 Where we lost ourselves
49:02 Cultural oppression of women + modesty
1:02:08 Instant gratification in marriage + red flags
1:10:36 Rewiring your trauma
1:19:41 The history of Islamic psychology
1:24:09 What you tell yourself matters