She Should Know
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)
Episodes
127 episodes
(2/2) Deen, Discipline, and Optimization
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 overwhelm...
(1/2) Deen, Discipline, and Optimization
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 overwhelm...
(2/2) Peptides — What's All the Hype About?
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...
(1/2) Peptides — What's All the Hype About?
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...
(2/2) Do You Even Lift, Sis? Women and Strength Training
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 st...
(1/2) Do You Even Lift, Sis? Women and Strength Training
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 st...
(2/2) Depression & Anxiety in the Muslim Community
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...
(1/2) Depression & Anxiety in the Muslim Community
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...
(2/2) Preference or Prejudice? Race, Marriage, and Real Change
You've probably been in a conversation about race that went nowhere. Everyone was careful, no one was honest, and nothing changed. This episode is about why that keeps happening, and how to break through it. We had guest Bayanne Elkhatib MS, LP...
(1/2) Preference or Prejudice? Race, Marriage, and Real Change
You've probably been in a conversation about race that went nowhere. Everyone was careful, no one was honest, and nothing changed. This episode is about why that keeps happening, and how to break through it. We had guest Bayanne Elkhatib MS, LP...
(1/2) Beyond Distracted: Adolescent ADHD from Diagnosis to Daily Life
Your child can't sit still, forgets everything, and loses focus in the middle of a sentence, and you've been told to just be stricter, make more du'a, or wait it out. But what if there's more to the story? In this episode, Aalimah Sarah sits do...
(2/2) More Than Money: The Full Picture of Giving in Ramadan
Ramadan is known as the month of giving , but what does that really mean? In this episode, we go beyond the donation box to explore the full, rich picture of generosity in Islam: your time, your attention, your presence, and your heart. We draw...
(1/2) More Than Money: The Full Picture of Giving in Ramadan
Ramadan is known as the month of giving , but what does that really mean? In this episode, we go beyond the donation box to explore the full, rich picture of generosity in Islam: your time, your attention, your presence, and your heart. We draw...
(2/2) Ramadan for the Overwhelmed Soul
This Ramadan feels different. We are not entering it light and carefree, we are arriving burdened. Carrying grief from what we’re witnessing around the world. Carrying political tension, social unrest, community fractures, private anxieties, an...
(1/2) Ramadan for the Overwhelmed Soul
This Ramadan feels different. We are not entering it light and carefree . We are arriving burdened. Carrying grief from what we’re witnessing around the world. Carrying political tension, social unrest, community fractures, private anxieties, a...
(2/2) Mental Health and the Work of Healing with Sh. Mikaeel Smith
Aalimah Sarah Ahmed sits down with her husband, Shaykh Mikaeel Ahmed Smith, for a candid conversation on the evolving landscape of Muslim mental health. They reflect on his recent work in counseling and therapy, his ongoing writing and research...
(1/2) Mental Health and the Work of Healing with Sh. Mikaeel Smith
Aalimah Sarah Ahmed sits down with her husband, Shaykh Mikaeel Ahmed Smith, for a candid conversation on the evolving landscape of Muslim mental health. They reflect on his recent work in counseling and therapy, his ongoing writing and research...
(2/2) Carrying Our Years With Us
The new year doesn’t erase what came before it . We carry our memories, our joys, our grief, and our lessons forward. In this first episode of the year, we reflect on the passing of Dr. Sarah Hemeida’s grandmother and the way our loved ones con...
(1/2) Carrying Our Years With Us
The new year doesn’t erase what came before it . We carry our memories, our joys, our grief, and our lessons forward. In this first episode of the year, we reflect on the passing of Dr. Sarah Hemeida’s grandmother and the way our loved ones con...
(3/3) Uncomfortable Truths: Racism in Muslim Spaces
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Amina Knight for an honest and necessary conversation about racism within the Muslim community. We explore how racial bias and colorism show up in our masājid, families, institutions, and online spaces — of...
(2/3) Uncomfortable Truths: Racism in Muslim Spaces
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Amina Knight for an honest and necessary conversation about racism within the Muslim community. We explore how racial bias and colorism show up in our masājid, families, institutions, and online spaces — of...
(1/3) Uncomfortable Truths: Racism in Muslim Spaces
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Amina Knight for an honest and necessary conversation about racism within the Muslim community. We explore how racial bias and colorism show up in our masājid, families, institutions, and online spaces — of...