Authentic Heart & Soul with Akanke Rasheed – Details, episodes & analysis

Iman Khalid is a dynamic woman. She is a wife, mother, international educator, author, travel enthusiast, event planner, and urban grio who is literally in the middle of rewriting her life. Iman has lived in Abu Dhabi for over thirteen years and has enjoyed watching the UAE become a vibrant country. From Detroit to Abu Dhabi and beyond, Iman’s passion is teaching people how to recognize how much Allah loves them by recognizing the gifts He’s blessed them with in His creation.

Her Inspirational Message:

“What is meant for you, even if buried beneath two mountains, will surely reach you.” Have faith in Allah. He is the biggest, the greatest and most capable.

You can purchase her books via Amazon:

• The Success of Salah
• Won’t You Make Wudhu With Me
• Safiyyah Sunshine
• Darling Little Dana
• Twins, How Many of Us Have Them?

Zaimah Habeeb joins me to discuss her love for learning and teaching Arabic, reciting the Holy Qur'an, and producing conscious music for popular culture. She shares how she has worked through feeling divided between her all of these and about reconciling the conflicting feelings she has felt in the past which made her feel she couldn't recite the Quran and sing music. She wants to use her God-given talent to inspire others to know and remember God and as an independent vocal artist, singer, and songwriter she wants to bring God-consciousness to popular culture. She has produced four albums and is now working on her 5th album, which says will be for the world. 

Sprinkled throughout this episode are samples of Zaimah's beautiful Quranic recitation as well as songs from her albums. Zaimah is such a delightful person. It is so easy to love her because she truly embodies an authentic heart and soul. I really enjoyed our conversation and I hope you will enjoy listening.

Dr. Davia Shepherd is a real-life superwoman.   Not only is she a best-selling author,  the CHO (Chief Happiness Officer) of a dynamic women's networking organization, a fellow transformational retreat leader, and "The Queen of Collaboration", she is also a wife, mother, and a successful Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine in private practice in a small town in Connecticut. On this episode, we talk about her new book, Grow Smarter, which promotes working smarter not harder through collaborative partnerships. Of course, on "Authentic Heart and Soul" we believe EVERYTHING has a spiritual nature, and collaboration which requires working together with other human beings is definitely—at least in part—a test of our spiritual and emotional intelligence. 

In this powerful conversation, I speak with the dynamic soul, Aishah Tatum, a holistic life and leadership coach.  Aishah earned a degree in Psychology, and MBA and is pursuing her PhD in Interpersonal Psychology.  She holds nothing back in telling us the spiritual truth about why we should  act, eat, speak, and live like we love ourselves. Can you guess the powerful reason she says we should do these things?  Listen to hear her speak the spot-on truth! 

On this episode we talk about listening to inner guidance, understanding intuition, and making decisions that are in alignment with our truth.

In this episode we talk about the remembrance of God, our covenant with God, how our hearts beat to the name of God, the embodiment of God’s attributes, the unity of God, unified love, and ways to increase our remembrance of God.  Good stuff!  

In this episode, we talk about boundaries—what they are, why we must establish them, and what happens to our spiritual and emotional wellbeing when we don't establish healthy boundaries.  Dr. Nicole is a licensed psychotherapist and has worked internationally in several countries with different populations to help them recover from trauma.  She is also a transformational life coach who has a boot camp related specifically to helping women understand boundaries and how to establish healthy ones so they can thrive and experience more joy. 

In this episode, I talk with the delightful soul Tash Mitch about being identified at a young age as an Indigo child and being holistically nurtured by her grandmother to have spiritual awareness which cultivated her self-awareness early in life. We also talk about death, intuition, and managing difficult situations by owning our truth without bypassing uncomfortable feelings. 

"Authentic Heart and Soul" is back from hiatus and my guest, Qadira Yamini, author, certified health coach, and beautiful believer, joined me to talk about her recent book, Al-Quran, Our "Vibranium" to Fuel a Renewed Society (Kindle), and the need for a better future and a beautiful renewed society using God's message in the Quran. She is also the author of The Big Book for Glowing with Ramadan All Year Long.

Taryn Siddiq joins me to talk about her work as a Clinical Social Worker and the need she has helped fulfill for Muslim women to have a safe space to talk about issues that affect their wholistic wellbeing with an emphasis on their emotional and psychological health.  

Taryn recently retired from an illustrious career as a passionate Social Worker. She is the Founder of The Muslimah Connection a Nonprofit organization established 22 years ago to facilitate its main program The Muslimah Consultation Group or MCG. MCG is a vibrant confidential support group that meets monthly to provide a safe space for Muslim women to find wholistic support for their overall wellbeing with a special emphasis on their emotional and psychological needs to help them lead successful lives according to the Quran and the Traditions of Their Faith. MCG’s CORE VALUES are CONNECTION, SUPPORT, EDUCATION, EMPOWERMENT & UPLIFTMENT FOR All WOMEN. They offer training programs, consultation services, crisis management, and focus groups. They also offer Biennial Conference /Educational Workshops/Business Networking, Life & Health Coaching, Stress/Anger Management, Conflict Resolution, Professional Development, Spiritual Retreats, Group Walk & Hikes, Social Activities, Social Services, and Bereavement and Benevolent Support. MCG, Inc. is well known for its community outreach services, assessments & referrals and was awarded in 2011 by SHARE Atlanta, for assisting and contributing resources and services towards the National Day of Dignity.

Taryn has received several awards for her dedicated years of great service as a Social worker including the 2007 Social Worker of the Year and the 2010 Practitioner of Excellence in 2010. She is happily married and is the mother of two adult children and one adult grandson.

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