Sarah Hemeida & Sarah Ahmed
Conversations between a Muslim female physician and a Muslim female scholar, the co-directors of Empowher Health, on women's health - mind, body, and spiritual wellbeing. (visit www.empowherhealth.org for more)
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Menstruation carries a weight far beyond the physical — years of silence, shame, and cultural taboo. This session breaks that silence, addressing the stigma head-on and reclaiming the conversation through the lens of our deen Text to get in touch! Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe and share! To help us continue this important work, become a sustainer at www.empowherhealth.org
Menstruation carries a weight far beyond the physical — years of silence, shame, and cultural taboo. This session breaks that silence, addressing the stigma head-on and reclaiming the conversation through the lens of our deen Text to get in touch! Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe and share! To help us continue this important work, become a sustainer at www.empowherhealth.org
This is the session everything else builds on. Dr. Sarah Hemeida and Aalimah Sarah walk through the essentials of reproductive anatomy and hormones so the cycle finally makes sense; then we move into the fiqh side: how to track with confidence and what that tracking means for prayer and other forms of worship. A starting point for understanding your body and your practice, together. Text to get in touch! Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe and share! To help us continue this important work, become a sustainer at www.empowherhealth.org
This is the session everything else builds on. Dr. Sarah Hemeida and Aalimah Sarah walk through the essentials of reproductive anatomy and hormones so the cycle finally makes sense; then we move into the fiqh side: how to track with confidence and what that tracking means for prayer and other forms of worship. A starting point for understanding your body and your practice, together. Text to get in touch! Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe and share! To help us continue this important work, become a sustainer at www.empowherhealth.org
In this episode, we explore the science behind breathwork: what it does for the nervous system, the body, and stress, and how something as simple as a breath can become a form of healing. We also look at the spiritual side of how it connects us to presence, to calm, to remembrance. More than air, it's a tool we already carry with us. Text to get in touch! Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe and share! To help us continue this important work, become a sustainer at www.empowherhealth.org
In this episode, we explore the science behind breathwork: what it does for the nervous system, the body, and stress, and how something as simple as a breath can become a form of healing. We also look at the spiritual side of how it connects us to presence, to calm, to remembrance. More than air, it's a tool we already carry with us. Text to get in touch! Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe and share! To help us continue this important work, become a sustainer at www.empowherhealth.org
Aalimah Sarah and Dr. Sarah are sitting down to have the honest conversation about burnout that most of us needed years ago. What it actually is, how it shows up in the body, why Muslim women are particularly vulnerable to it, and why it won't go away on its own no matter how many early nights you have. Because burnout isn't a tiredness problem, it's a systemic one. And the solution isn't a nap, a bubble bath, or pushing through with more sabr. It's understanding what's happening, why it's happening, and what real recovery actually looks like. Consider this your permission to finally take it seriously. Text to get in touch! Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe and share! To help us continue this important work, become a sustainer at www.empowherhealth.org
Aalimah Sarah and Dr. Sarah are sitting down to have the honest conversation about burnout that most of us needed years ago. What it actually is, how it shows up in the body, why Muslim women are particularly vulnerable to it, and why it won't go away on its own no matter how many early nights you have. Because burnout isn't a tiredness problem, it's a systemic one. And the solution isn't a nap, a bubble bath, or pushing through with more sabr. It's understanding what's happening, why it's happening, and what real recovery actually looks like. Consider this your permission to finally take it seriously. Text to get in touch! Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe and share! To help us continue this important work, become a sustainer at www.empowherhealth.org
We've been teasing it, posting about it, and talking around it for months — and now it's finally here. Dr. Sarah sits down with Aalimah Sarah Ahmed to talk about A Light of Her Own: Muslim Womanhood as a Path to Allah — what it is, why she wrote it, and what she hopes every Muslim woman takes away from it. This is the conversation behind the book: the idea that sparked it, the questions it tries to answer, and why Muslim womanhood is not something to work around on the way to Allah ﷻ, it's the path itself. If haven't order your copy yet, consider this your sign. Order on: www.bysarahahmed.com Text to get in touch! Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe and share! To help us continue this important work, become a sustainer at www.empowherhealth.org
We've been teasing it, posting about it, and talking around it for months — and now it's finally here. Dr. Sarah sits down with Aalimah Sarah Ahmed to talk about A Light of Her Own: Muslim Womanhood as a Path to Allah — what it is, why she wrote it, and what she hopes every Muslim woman takes away from it. This is the conversation behind the book: the idea that sparked it, the questions it tries to answer, and why Muslim womanhood is not something to work around on the way to Allah ﷻ, it's the path itself. If haven't order your copy yet, consider this your sign. Order on: www.bysarahahmed.com Text to get in touch! Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe and share! To help us continue this important work, become a sustainer at www.empowherhealth.org
Time for an our semi-annual pod where Dr. Sarah and Aalimah Sarah take your questions! We covered a lot of ground with this one, asking about everything from social media culture, intuitive eating, to islamic parenting and suffering marriages. This one is for ya'll! Text to get in touch! Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe and share! To help us continue this important work, become a sustainer at www.empowherhealth.org
Time for an our semi-annual pod where Dr. Sarah and Aalimah Sarah take your questions! We covered a lot of ground with this one, asking about everything from social media culture, intuitive eating, to islamic parenting and suffering marriages. This one is for ya'll! Text to get in touch! Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe and share! To help us continue this important work, become a sustainer at www.empowherhealth.org
In this episode, we sit down with Shaikh Mikaeel Ahmed Smith for an honest conversation about optimization culture, peptides, longevity, and what it looks like to pursue physical health as an act of faith. We talk about navigating the overwhelming world of biohacking, sorting hype from substance, body image in Muslim communities, and why deen and discipline might be more connected than we think. Whether you're deep in the wellness world or just starting to ask better questions about your health, this one is worth your time. Text to get in touch! Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe and share! To help us continue this important work, become a sustainer at www.empowherhealth.org
In this episode, we sit down with Shaikh Mikaeel Ahmed Smith for an honest conversation about optimization culture, peptides, longevity, and what it looks like to pursue physical health as an act of faith. We talk about navigating the overwhelming world of biohacking, sorting hype from substance, body image in Muslim communities, and why deen and discipline might be more connected than we think. Whether you're deep in the wellness world or just starting to ask better questions about your health, this one is worth your time. Text to get in touch! Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe and share! To help us continue this important work, become a sustainer at www.empowherhealth.org
From injury recovery to skin health to the growing longevity conversation, peptides are everywhere right now. But what are they actually, and does the science hold up? Dr. Sarah and Aalimah Sarah Ahmed unpack the evidence behind two of the most talked-about peptides, BPC-157 and GHC-Cu, so you can understand what's hype, what's real, and what might actually be worth your attention. Text to get in touch! Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe and share! To help us continue this important work, become a sustainer at www.empowherhealth.org
From injury recovery to skin health to the growing longevity conversation, peptides are everywhere right now. But what are they actually, and does the science hold up? Dr. Sarah and Aalimah Sarah Ahmed unpack the evidence behind two of the most talked-about peptides, BPC-157 and GHC-Cu, so you can understand what's hype, what's real, and what might actually be worth your attention. Text to get in touch! Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe and share! To help us continue this important work, become a sustainer at www.empowherhealth.org
Women carry everything: their families, their grief, their responsibilities, their faith. But how many of us are actually taking care of the body that's doing all that carrying? Dr. Sarah and Aalimah Sarah Ahmed talk about pain, fear, muscle strength, bone density, and what gets in the way of Muslim women showing up for their own physical health, and why it all matters far more than we've been told. Text to get in touch! Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe and share! To help us continue this important work, become a sustainer at www.empowherhealth.org
Women carry everything: their families, their grief, their responsibilities, their faith. But how many of us are actually taking care of the body that's doing all that carrying? Dr. Sarah and Aalimah Sarah Ahmed talk about pain, fear, muscle strength, bone density, and what gets in the way of Muslim women showing up for their own physical health, and why it all matters far more than we've been told. Text to get in touch! Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe and share! To help us continue this important work, become a sustainer at www.empowherhealth.org
In this episode, Aalimah Sarah Ahmed and Sheikh Mikaeel Ahmed Smith explore one of the most misunderstood conversations in our community: depression, anxiety, and what it means to struggle mentally while holding onto your deen. Honest, grounded, and long overdue. Text to get in touch! Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe and share! To help us continue this important work, become a sustainer at www.empowherhealth.org
In this episode, Aalimah Sarah Ahmed and Sheikh Mikaeel Ahmed Smith explore one of the most misunderstood conversations in our community: depression, anxiety, and what it means to struggle mentally while holding onto your deen. Honest, grounded, and long overdue. Text to get in touch! Support the show If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe and share! To help us continue this important work, become a sustainer at www.empowherhealth.org