I love taking January to myself. A time of a very intentional easing into the new year: a time during which i can begin to set in place the systems and routines that will essentially ensure i arrive at my goals by the end of the year.  Goals don’t have to be set in stone. And we don’t need to be too hard on ourselves if/when we don’t accomplish the things we set out to accomplish. Goals are simply a helpful tool we get to use to our advantage, on our journeys towards becoming better people...

Welcome to the very first episode of 2023! I'm still amazed that i get to do this--use my voice to share my thoughts and feelings about this crazy messy life we're all living. I ended 2022 and started 2023 with a lot of dedicated time for contemplation and introspection. I did some true soul searching and heart digging to decide what things need to be left behind in order to make room for new flowers to bloom. BLOOM. That is my word of the year--blossom! But beautiful flowers cannot grow...

This is the final episode of this season! I am eternally grateful to you for joining me on the 'Being Aloud' journey in 2022. Its been so incredible to get to share this space with you, but now its time for me to take a break (until January 10th, to be exact)! And maybe you should give yourself a break as well. Recalibrate and digest everything that happened this year so that you can fully look forward to flipping the page and crossing the bridge onto a brand new year! A very merry...

What if i told you that a catalyst to your healing journey could be COMPASSION for the person who hurt you? Healing is a long journey that requires a great deal of self-awareness and self-preservation. In today's episode we consider a brand new approach! Blog Post: Compassion Theory حكايا البلدسلسة بودكاست إنتاج مشترك مبنية على قصص حقيقية من جميع أنحاء سورياListen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify If you like this podcast, please leave a review, like, share, and subscribe. It makes a huge...

Being human in this digitally hyperconnected day and age is a tricky thing when we’re going through a season of pain or grief, regardless of what caused them, because now your problem is also everyone else’s, and when you’re in the thick of your trauma and find yourself being bombarded with other people’s opinions on the deepest and most personal wounds of your life, you become ten times more likely to doubt your choices and decisions based on emptiness. And all that doubt makes the healing...

My experience with divorce has humbled me into seeing that although my story (as with every story) was very unique and singular to me, i did not need to feel as alienated from society as i did. Because as it turns out, i was not the only one who found herself in a dead-end marriage. Sadly, other people have had to experience this very strange and traumatizing loss as well. And if not this loss, then some other pain or loss that is equally strange and traumatizing. What a lighter load i could...

On the 24th of November 2021 (one year ago 2 days from today, if you’re listening on release day), i left my marriage home and went back to live with my parents. I officially began the divorce process in April of 2022, and now, one year later, i am officially a divorcé (although, i have my reservations against the word–the title–the box ‘Divorcé’). But here i am, a year later and having finally gained enough perspective to talk about this topic with you. Because since my own experience with...

"Vulnerability brings vulnerability" is a sentence my sister always used to tell me. The more open and real we are with our communities about the imperfections of our lives, the safer other people will feel in doing the same. Just imagine how much warmer and richer our friendships would be if more people had the courage to show up as their authentic selves. In today's episode we talk about:  The idea of shame Vulnerability as the key to every meaningful connectionHow to couple wisdom with...

If you know me at all (in real life or online), you know one of my FAVORITE  practices in the world is journaling. Journaling has changed me. It's gotten me through so many of my toughest seasons, and i want you to experience that same liberation as well. In today's episode we discuss:  How and why journaling is the safest space for your deepest darkest secrets How journaling doesn't take offense at your deepest darkest secrets How your journal can become your safest and most trusted frame...

Its November! Which means the weather is slowly but surely getting colder and colder, making space for a brand new season to emerge.  But what if i told you that weather doesn't only happen on the outside? In this episode we discuss: How we can prepare our hearts for what comes next Ways by which we can notice how nature mirrors our hearts Things to let go in order to make space for newness And in the end, i read you a journal entry from my personal journalحكايا البلدسلسة بودكاست إنتاج...

In today's episode we discussed: The importance of building good habits that cast a vote for the people we want to become3 habits that I've recently embedded into my life, and how they're already making my life better The beauty of living within society, and getting to learn from other people's lessons and mistakes A few new and creative ways to practice mindfulness in this crazy busy life we liveQuotes from James Clear's book, 'Atomic Habits': "Habits are the compound interest of...

In today's episode we talked about:  Where i was while i was disconnected from the podcast and social mediaWhat it looks like to distance ourselves from the noise and information-overload that surrounds us in our livesA very simple antidote to anxietyAnd i closed the episode by reading you a prose piece that i wrote ☺️ حكايا البلدسلسة بودكاست إنتاج مشترك مبنية على قصص حقيقية من جميع أنحاء سورياListen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify If you like this podcast, please leave a review, like, share,...

How can we teach ourselves to perceive pain and loss as punctuation marks in the larger stories of our lives? Even the stories we only tell ourselves?  In today's conversation we discuss: The inevitability of pain in this lifeHow we can begin considering pain from a place of humility, so we can see the beauty that it will eventually have to offerPunctuation marks make sentences more beautiful. They make long books readable. How can pain and loss be perceived as punctuation marks?Find me...

In today's episode, we expand upon the topic of empathy that we began last week. What a giant and bottomless subject! Here's what I know for sure: our communities could use SO much more empathy. I can only imagine how much safer and kinder our lives would be.  The main issues we discussed were:  We broke down the black-or-white society we grew up in. Black and white doesn't leave any room for our messy human reality. Black-or white invites this subconscious tendency within us to perform....

Empathy empathy empathy! What i believe is the key to safer and healthier communities. In this episode we discuss:  How our Egyptian/Arab society as embedded in us a humanized religious perspective on an 'upright life'. How this humanized religion removes the fact of our fallen humanity, and strips us of an ability to relate to other people's painful stories. How our loved ones' pain makes us uncomfortable.What it means to be empathetic. Find me on: InstagramBlogMailing ListThe Tony George...

I just came back from Italy, and boy do I have stories to tell you! My time off truly reminded me of the importance of looking outside oneself from time to time. Looking outside and into nature. Looking outside and into a completely different culture. I simply cannot be more grateful. Find me on: InstagramBlogMailing List The Tony George Podcastطوني جورج يقدم مساندة عملية وشخصية تنير أمامك رحلة التغيير والتعافيListen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

We learn the most valuable lessons from our most difficult experiences. When we’re hard pressed on every side, our survival instincts are strengthened, and we make healthier and wiser choices all around. Choices that end up working, so we end up liking them and choosing to keep them!  My pain has taught me so much. Today’s episode is just a roundup of some of the most valuable lessons i’ve been learning so far. Listen up!  Find me on: InstagramBlogMailing List The Tony George Podcastطوني...

Life is one giant fruit salad! And we cannot guarantee that all the fruits we get will be fruits we love. The good days come just are surely as the bad ones do, and the quality of the life we choose is largely determined by our perspective. Remember Covid? Remember all the lessons the collective human race learned? We go back to some of those in our episode today, because I believe that (as with covid), my suffering and loss and pain have gifted me the gift of gratitude and appreciation...

Oftentimes the way we're taught to respond to our suffering is by surrendering. The old saying "it is what it is" is tossed left and right as we learn to make peace with the way our lives are unfolding. But what if we could take this surrender to the next level? What if we could actually LOVE our fate? 'Amor Fati' is a Latin phrase that literally translates as: love of fate. In today's conversation we take a deeper look at how we can practically learn to love our lives as they happen,...

Whenever we hear the word 'anger' it immediately translates in our minds as something negative. Anger is something to be avoided at all costs, because it disrupts our peace and leads us to say and do things that we later regret.  But what if we considered the infamous emotion from a new angle? What if I told you that anger can be a GOOD thing, if we changed our relationship to it?  Find me on: InstagramBlogMailing ListThe Tony George Podcastطوني جورج يقدم مساندة عملية وشخصية تنير أمامك...

Today's episode is a little different. Rather than discussing a specific topic and coming out with takeaways, I've decided to share my heart with you. A heavy day unloaded, so that maybe, you come out of it feeling a little less alone.  My friend, we're all human in this messy life--broken, un-linear, confused human beings doing their best. Maybe, if we take a step back (or ten) from Instagram perfection, we can see that somewhere deep down, we're all the same. Find me...

Have you ever been so overcome by pain that you feel unable to bear its burden on your own anymore? Well, even if you haven't, let me be the one to burst your bubble by telling you that you will...eventually. Because this crazy, beautiful life we're all living is unpredictable, and we're all bound to experience some degree of unexpected pain and disappointment at some point on our journeys. In this episode we revisit the ancient fable of Androcles and the lion from a different angle,...

Life gives and it takes. It is constantly fluctuating between ups and downs, and it is up to us to decide how to receive both abundance and the scarcity with contentment. The invitation today is to make space for both gain and loss with humility and acceptance--a rare skill for this modern day. May we derive our self worth from things that are unchangeable; solid principals and actions that cannot be moved or changed over time. Find me on: InstagramBlogMailing ListThe Tony George...

Our emotions are valuable and precious evidence that we are alive and have responses to the world around us. In today's episode we discuss the importance of acknowledging our continuous need for emotional healing. I got sticky and vulnerable by reading an excerpt of a personal journal entry i wrote back in January, revealing just how lonely and hopeless i felt. Trust me, you do not want to miss this! Let us love and respect and cherish our emotions. Let us dare to be vulnerable, because i...