If you find yourself still struggling with an unwanted habit such as turning to pornography, deep down do you wonder how this will impact your ability to get married? Perhaps you’re afraid that you might hurt your future spouse because of this struggle. Or maybe there’s fear that special person might not accept or love …
Kickstart Your Recovery Episode 10: Hit the Speed Dial When You’re Struggling
Let’s start by asking why do many of us find it so difficult to reach out for support, especially in those times when we’re struggling? Some common reasons are: It’s uncertain, we’re not sure if we’ll be loved and accepted We also don’t want to rely on or need other people… we feel like we’re …
Kickstart Your Recovery Episode 09: Stand Strong in the Face of Temptation
How do you respond when you experience an overwhelming urge? You’ve had this experience before, no? Although you made a commitment to stay clean, you find this hunger within to turn back to your old habits. Your mind may start producing images of things you’ve seen in the past. Thoughts start racing through your mind …
Kickstart Your Recovery Episode 08: Just Show Up!
The #1 reason people stay stuck When it comes to trying to break free from those old lustful habits, it’s very common for people to wonder “am I really making any progress?” Especially when that dreadful event happens that they relapse to their old behaviors after abstaining for some period of time and it seemed …
Kickstart Your Recovery Episode 07: Let Allah Help You
Let Allah Help You – How to overcome the 7 obstacles to whole-hearted surrender to Allah and open the door to greater growth and deeper healing. Ibrahim’s Legacy of Surrender AsSalamu Alaikum and a very warm welcome to episode number 7 of Kickstart Your Recovery! I’m really happy to be able to spend about 40 minutes with …
Kickstart Your Recovery Episode 06: Embrace Honest Accountability
Embrace Honest Accountability – Abdallah’s journey from a life of dreams broken by addiction to the freedom created by his newfound commitment to accountability and honesty. Today we’re talking about honest accountability – here’s the reason we need to talk about this: many people who are struggling assume that it’s better that my embarrassing and humiliating …
Kickstart Your Recovery Episode 05: Take Care of Your Self
Take Care of Your Self – How self-care is one of the most empowering ways to uplift yourself from indulgence and craft a life that’s good for you and good for others. To start us off, I’d like to share with you a recent experience I had while attending a group call with several members …
Kickstart Your Recovery Episode 04: Give Up Giving Up
Give Up Giving Up – How making healing your #1 priority every single day can make all the difference between achieving your dreams and never moving forward (and why recovery is the coolest thing you could do with your life). In episode #1 we talked all about how recovery is a journey. Many people want …
Reflections on the First Three Episodes of Kickstart Your Recovery
If you’ve been watching our Facebook page, you probably noticed that alhamdulAllah I’ve shared the first few episodes of our new show “Kickstart Your Recovery”. So, why did I launch this show after all? Actually, about 6 weeks and 3 episodes in, I asked that very question. Putting together our most foundational tips on …
Kickstart Your Recovery Episode 03: Shed Light on Your Dark Secret
Shed Light on Your Dark Secret – How you can accelerate your healing by removing your mask and practicing authenticity. Today we’re going to talk about Shedding Light on your Dark Secret. I’m grateful to have the opportunity to talk about this today, because this is all about going from a place of duplicity, where …
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