Salam alaikum everyone! To kick off the semester (and Ramadan!), we invited Deen Intensive 2025 Steering Committee members Bilal Zafar, Heba Hajir, & Sufiya Khatri to talk about their experience leading the conference and the lessons they learned. Stay tuned for a part 2 to their conversation! Make sure to follow MMHO on instagram at @longhorn.mmho. Check our linktree for mental health resources.

Disclaimer and Trigger Warning: Thoughts and comments on eating disorders and body dysmorphia are mentioned

Assalamualaikum!

This week of October is Body Acceptance Week and in this episode, MuslimTalks shares a needed conversation about body dysmorphia thoughts and experiences and the current struggles within the Muslim Community. Joining us in this conversation is our lovely community member, Hanade Abdalla! At the end of the episode, Hanade shares her beautiful poem that reflects her journal entries surrounding her journey of body acceptance.

As we attempt to hold these discussions and spread awareness of mental health and its topics, we also want to emphasis the importance of seeking the proper help. These episodes are not meant for your diagnosis or treatments. Our linktree has some resources to start your own journey of mental health that we encourage you to look through and source out from,

JazakAllah Khair.

Assalamualaikum. This week's episode is joined with community member, Bilal Choudhry, as he talks through his experience with a recent loss in his life.

Listen through as Bilal shares different ways he turned to to face his grief; welcoming comfort from his community, being open with friends and families, understanding various coping mechanisms, and keeping Islam in his heart. By being open about his time of grief, Bilal hopes to reach out to others who may be facing losses.

Assalamualaikum!

In this episode we will be re-introducing some of our officers in MMHO! We talk about the potential topics that we will be going through and recording podcast episodes for this semester : grief, isolation and loneliness, social circles and support groups amongst sisterhood and brotherhood, and mental health of caregivers of those with mental illnesses. On top of this, we introduce ways that members of MMHO can get involved in our recording sessions, script writings, and our organization's second project with Islamic schools.

We also talk about what MMHO has meant for us and how we have been de-stressing.

Please fill out this form if you are interested in joining MMHO and our email newsletter. Our linktree can be found in our instagram's (@longhorn.mmho) bio where we have resources and links to other parts of our organization.

Contact us through instagram or email if you have any questions, advice, or ideas for podcast episodes and more!!! We love to hear back from you guys inshaAllah.

JazakAllah Khair

From our community, we have Noon Mahmoud and Mayy Alsawfta sharing beautiful and meaningful words surrounding Palestine. Today's podcast is acknowledging the present genocide, wars, losses, and heartaches happening. From those constantly in need, from Congo to Sudan, and from the river to the sea. There are millions of people suffering.

Now, we see our youth lining up and uniting to fight against our institutions that have been shamelessly funding and supporting Israel in the brutality towards Palestine. There have been so many inhumane acts towards activist rights and we must remember what we are fighting and holding these protests for.

Join us in the end of the episode for a short closing dua (time : 46:25)

Donate, post, and attend protests! And it is never too late to get more information and gain the knowledge about what is going on and the history that holds its grounds. Educate yourself and stand for the right side of this movement.

Assalamualaikum, this week's episode stars two amazing community members. We have Shahd Ahmad co-hosting and Hamza Zaveri as our guest.

Through several stories, a brother from our lovely Nueces Mosque has shared how he has gone through religious trauma in school settings, learning habits, and different environments. While doing so, Hamza talks about how he has gotten up from these experiences and improved his Iman for the sake of Allah(swt). By being open about these parts in his life, Hamza hopes to reach an audience who is able to be soothed, reached, and touched by the realness in going through similar Islamic journeys as himself.

Abu Khalid Thobes is a brand started by Hamza where he and his team strive to "Preserve the Muslim Identity", making thobes and clothes that hold comfort in being in your Islamic skin and faith. 25% of their profits goes to charity; make doa in purchasing.

Disclaimer : There are talks about abuse, anxiety, trauma.

Assalamualaikum,

On this week's episode, we have sister Nimra Mazhar who is a current Masters student in Social Work. She graduated with a Psychology Bachelors and completed her post - grad on Addiction and Mental Health. She has worked in the social work field and chose to continue studying for more knowledge.

With us, she shares this knowledge and talks about the main aspects and holistic materials of mental health. Through this, sister Nimra will be exploring how our Islamic faith has paralleled a lot of non-religious beliefs and practices that entails the importance of a person's mental health.

Disclaimer : There will be some talk about suicidal thoughts, ill family relations, abuse, and others.

Salam everyone!

On this epsiode we have with us Dr. Rabab Rizvi. Dr. Rabab is a consultant psychiatrist of HealthlinkNow TelePsychiatry. She graduated from Rawalpindi Medical Center and did her residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Before her current position, she was formerly an Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine in the department of Psychiatry.

Dr. Rabab dives deeper into the life of psychiatry and how people deal with it/ how we should deal with it. She provides very insightful tips and information on topics regarding mental disorders and the struggle with religious stigma.

We hope you enjoy this episode just as much as we enjoyed making it InShaAllah! Until then... salam!

-MMHO