Most reverts struggle when learning how to pray salah, but born Muslims can also struggle with their prayer (salah) from time to time. What aspects of salah do you find challenging?

This episode invites us to consider a few gentle mindset shifts to help us better approach salah, regardless of whether we've been praying for years or are just thinking about starting. Heather shares her personal experiences as a recent revert and what she has found most helpful and grounding. Salah is the 2nd foundational pillar of Islam and its importance in our lives shouldn't be minimized or overlooked.

Heather covers a variety of reasons why you may be struggling to pray and offers specific solutions for each of those challenges.

Of course, one person cannot cover the wide range of experiences we all have with salah (prayer). Share your thoughts and feedback in the comments here or on YouTube.

In this episode, we get real and talk about what to do when life isn't going your way. We all experience disappointments and setbacks, but what should we do as Muslims in these tough times? This episode uses wisdom from the Qur'an to ground us in truth and give us hope. We talk about the real need to practice sabr (patience), tawakkkul (reliance on and trust in Allah SWT), and gratitude - always but especially in these moments. We let the words of Allah, the Most Merciful, comfort us and bring us back to Him.

The idea of learning Arabic can be one of the most intimidating aspects of becoming a Muslim for many reverts. Insha'Allah this won't be your experience.

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This episode explains the place and importance Arabic holds in Islam to understand the larger picture. We go over which parts of the religion must be practiced in Arabic and which can be integrated later with time and patience.

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What about learning the Arabic letters? Is that obligatory? Listen to hear Heather's advice as a language teacher of 4 languages (French, Spanish, English, and Polish) for over 17 years and a lifelong language learner and enthusiast. Insha'Allah this episode will help you determine where you are on your journey with Arabic and where you'd like to go in terms of using it in your deen (religion).

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Follow Heather's new series "Arabic for Deen" on Instagram where she posts commonly used Arabic expressions in the Arabic script, transliteration, and English definition; often explaining the term and related words in greater detail.