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Ep 89 -Layla's Story- Thinking of Getting Married But My Family is Way Too Involved! (Love Series)

Mindful Muslimah Speaks

Mindful Muslimah Speaks

Education, Self-improvement

4.8855 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

 A lot of parents could potentially get mad at me....but a lot could see the truth in what I'm saying as well and save the lives of their children from potential ruin. + Family pressure when looking for a spouse is a real thing. I have seen TONS of people marry people they weren't TRULY interested to please their family...only to end of divorced shortly after or trapped in dead end marriages. Yeh....it's a HUGE epidemic in the Muslim community. + I'm taking a HUGE risk talking about it, but I think it's time...and as a practicing Muslimah I'm obligated to speak up, as we all are. + In this podcast, I share the story of a girl that is near and dear to my heart. A girl who suffered immense pain at the hand of those who loved her most. Layla's story is not her own. It is the story of countless Muslims walking the tight rope between family obligation and personal happiness. It's time we talk about this struggle and how we can find balance and solutions, insh'Allah. + **As promised, I will be handing out a FREE resource (a sneak peak portion of my upcoming course The Muslim Marriage Lab) to help you find what you really want in a spouse as you self-reflect. Catch it at my Facebook Live at 7pm Eastern Standard Time tonight (December 20th)! Link to my Facebook Group is here: https://www.facebook.com/mindfulmuslimah7/videos/772235276522259/ **Pre-Registration - Register for our Limited Edition Facebook Group (w/ a 5-day challenge for a $250 prize) opening January 2nd. Limited Seats! Please apply now and we will send you an email if your request is approved, insh'Allah.  http://Facebook.com/groups/Muslimmarriagelab ****No music was used in this podcast- Vocals only- Alaa Wardi

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Transcript

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0:00.0

So you're thinking of getting married and looking for someone.

0:05.2

I mean, it could be right now or it could be maybe in a couple months or a year from now, but your eyes are peeled.

0:11.6

And I mean, the great thing is your family is super supportive.

0:15.4

But sometimes they're a little too supportive.

0:18.1

Like they're kind of all in your business or sometimes just downright

0:21.4

pressuring you. They have ideas that you should marry a certain type of person from a certain

0:26.3

type of culture, a location of the world. You should marry someone with a certain degree or a level

0:31.3

of profession. And how about them telling you all about that guy or girl from that good family?

0:39.2

I mean, what does good really mean anyway? Good to who? Good how. Now, wait a minute. Let's just kill all the noise.

0:46.4

After all of that, this and that coming at you, have you even had a moment to yourself to decide what

0:51.4

you want? I mean, isn't it you that's going to be with that person

0:55.3

for the rest of your life? Today we're going to cover the story of Layla. Now, Layla was going

1:01.4

through a ton of that. But thankfully, it got to her before things got a little too crazy. I was

1:07.6

able to intervene, talk, and help her work it out. But at the end of the day,

1:12.4

not all women are so fortunate. Unfortunately, there are way too many men and women that are stuck

1:18.9

with the wrong person, pressured by their family, feeling obligated. All types of pressures that

1:24.7

in the end, they had to make everyone happy, and yet they themselves

1:28.8

are now trapped, miserable, sometimes even to the step of also having children and kind of making

1:35.3

it hard for those children's lives when their parents don't really love each other and really

1:40.5

want to stay married. Now there's no reason to go down that dark road.

1:45.3

We can easily stop all of that, and that's why I'm making these podcasts.

1:49.3

Let's listen to the story of Layla and find out exactly where she was going wrong

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