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Nov 2020
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The Resilient Act of Loving Oneself Thro...

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If I asked you, do you love yourself, what would you say?

In Episode 35 of Season 2, we sit down with Alia Taha, who isn't a stranger to our podcast (she was a guest on Season 1), to discuss the root of self love and the resilient act of choosing to love ourselves despite our flaws, traumas and lived experiences.

When you sit across from Alia, you know you will always leave the conversation feeling empowered, motivated and loved. Alia is the type of friend who beautifully reminds you of Allah and His mercy.

In this raw conversation, she also reminds us that we are worthy of loving ourselves even in our darkest moments and that God has intended to create us perfectly imperfect.

We are constantly searching for self love in all of the wrong places and we are chasing validation from Allah's creation rather than the Creator Himself.

True self love is the ability to see ourselves through the eyes of Allah.

And in today's episode, we will be connecting the dots between the ability to love ourselves and how it relates back to our journey with God.

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