Episode 84:
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Host: Crystal Joseph.
Guest: Sheima Sumer.

Today we talk to Sheima Sumer.
This is her second episode on the podcast.

Sheima was born in the USA.
She has a Masters in Counseling and is 39 years old.

In this episode Sheima talks about her book entitled:
How to be a Happy Muslim Insha'Allah: Rise Above your Problems and Choose Inner Peace and Joy with Ideas from the Quran, Sunnah, Counseling and Health Fields
https://untoislam.com/links/book-how-happy-muslim-insha-allah

Topics discussed in the episode:

Law of attraction law of vibration
Prioritising inner peace and inner happiness
Exercising
Cutting out toxic people
Destiny
Self Confidence
Controlling your actions and thoughts

A video on destiny as recommended by Sheima:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuUEKDfEKM8

For anyone interested, here are the topics covered in Sheima's book:

The very short answer to how to be a happy Muslim insha'allah
Why I wrote this book and how to use this book
Ways to develop a strong personal relationship with Allah
Make the decision that you genuinely want to be a happy Muslim (and decide on what being a happy Muslim means)
Regularly perform the 5 pillars of Islam
Send abundant blessings and prayers upon the prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
Islam and the law of attraction
How to always feel content no matter what problems you are facing (and it's OK to always feel content)
Remember to be grateful, remember to learn, remember to hope
Train yourself to always stay calm as your base feeling. (calm - or inner peace - is your base feeling from which you feel joy and other positive feelings.)
Think about what you want rather than about what you don't want, and act from thoughts of what you want
Learn to listen to your intuition and to become more inner-directed
Either speak good or keep silent
Be yourself
How to cope with traumatic past experiences
The health chapter: exercise, vitamin d3, coconut oil, unprocessed foods, 'oil pulling', and how I lost 30 pounds
Remember: this life is not the life where you get everything you want
When you have a negative thought, look that negative thought square in the eye and then choose the thought you want to have
Review this list of common false beliefs
Volunteer
Do things that make you feel happy
About forgiving others
How to be more self-confident

Here is Sheima's first episode:
https://untoislam.com/podcast/author-of-the-book-how-to-be-a-happy-muslim-explains-how-to-succeed-by-converting-to-islam

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