The beautiful thing about fasting is it isn't just about hunger. It's about the inner journey

we rarely discuss and that inner growth we all desperately want. So join me as we explore

our challenges during Ramadan and how we can make them a pathway to spiritual growth

rather than our biggest obstacle. Welcome to the Mindfulness Speaks podcast, a safe

space to learn and grow into the best version of yourself that you're always meant to be. I'm your

host, Mindful Muslim, mom of five, big sister to the community and a licensed educator with 25 plus

years and supporting tens of thousands of Muslim women worldwide. Now I'm excited to share a ton of solutions to your

problems on love, relationships, life balance, reconnecting with the Lessa Pana-Mata'a, getting back

on track and more. So grab a cup of coffee and close out those tabs. These next 20 to 30 minutes

are all about you. Let's get started. Hello, Sama al-a-a-a-a-atelah virkatu. Welcome back to the podcast. If you're a new

listener, like I'm so happy you're here. You're going to see this is going to be your second family.

Many sisters are here for years saying this is where I go to to feel like somebody gets me.

And so we're trying really hard to make sure all the podcasts here are based on what you want. So 95% of this content is stuff that we have asked you guys what you want to hear about.

And this is no different today in the topic.

And if you are a longtime listener, welcome back.

I know for some reason we disappeared on Spotify and Apple for a minute.

It's just like these companies, they can do whatever they want.

So they just kind of said,

oh, maybe we thought you did something. And then we said, please, no problem, prove it. And then they

couldn't. So they put his right back. So Hamdala, but we're here in Ramadan. That's the most

important thing. So we can connect with you on your growth. So today we're talking about fasting.

We know it's something like we all say we're fasting in Ramadan, but so many sisters

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