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6 Ways to Tame the Voices in Our Heads

“You can do this. This is the year. This is your time.” “Oh, but you say that every year. You don’t have it in you....

Being of Mixed Indian Heritage and Reframing the Identity Crisis

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article has been reposted from the Manchester Museum Our Shared Cultural Heritage blog: https://sharedculturalheritage.wordpress.com/2021/03/31/being-of-mixed-indian-heritage-and-reframing-the-identity-crisis/ As someone with mixed Indian heritage, and growing up in a...

From Human Map to Medical App

Throughout my medical career as a Doctor, I never imagined myself designing a medical app with software developers to help people understand their health....

Ramadan: Taking it Back to Basics

Is it just me or does it feel like Ramadan comes around at just the right time each year? When you’ve become so rushed off...

6 Things to Remember if You’re Feeling Lost this Ramadan

It was the summer of 2010, and Ramadan had just arrived. After the shenanigans of my brother’s big, fat Pakistani wedding and everything that...

The Power and Value of Kindness

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle you know nothing of.” I came across this quote, for what might be like...

Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome: A Series of Trauma

Childhood I was six years old when I discovered my eating was abnormal in comparison to that of my age mates. There is nothing distinctive...

‘Not even water?’ – Supporting Muslim Colleagues and Students in Ramadan

Ramadan begins sometime in mid-April. Yet, as discussions continue about the exact date and which calendar we follow, little to no literature exists on...

The Battle with Ramadan

If one could personify Ramadan, it would be an individual from whom you simply could not remove your gaze – hypnotised by its magnanimity....

Use These 7 Simple Practices to Raise More Conscious Children

I didn’t grow up in the most conscious of environments. Particularly in the earlier years of my childhood, I grew up around constant fighting, fear,...

Celebrating the ‘Person of The Decade’ on International Women’s Day: Bilquis Bano Edhi

Women are without a doubt the most remarkable beings ever to grace the earth. Nothing and none can compare with the strength and resilience...

Lessons from a Pharmacist in The Mental Health Sector

"Work in a paint factory, expect to get splashed." This is what my husband said to me once while calming me down, following what I...
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