Rania Ahmed - How did an x ray technician become a poet and counsellor

Have you ever had that feeling that you've given and given to your family and now you're feeling this emptiness inside?After her fourth child, Rania Ahmed, started to have this exact feeling and a friend asked her, "What did you want to do before the laundry and the dishes? "I wanted to be a writer," said Rania. Her friend asked, "So why didn't you?"In this episode of the Your Truth is Calling Podcast, we explore Rania's journey, going from x-ray technician to becoming a counsellor and award winning poet. Rania has a special passion for marriage and family therapy. This episode is chock full of gems!We talked about her younger years in migrating to Australia in the recession of 1991.How Poetry as a healing gate in the migration process,How she developed her writing style and got her foot in the door.How our early attachment figures shape our perspective of Allah swtDepression and idealism in Islam.How to get quiet in a loud worldCouples counselling - the number 1 cause of marital problemsKnowing how to communicate to solve conflictAnd finally - how not to be afraid of the "box" that society fits you inGo on, Be a misfit ;)...Visit Rania Ahmed's website - Soul Insight Counselling - https://soul-insight.com.au/Follow Rania on IG @soulinsights12Her Poetry on IG: @poetryheaven101Her latest spoken word poem "Islamaphobia" is featured on ABC ArtWorks.Here's a video of it on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ABCARTS/videos/977963633212965....DM @NadhiraRazack to tell me what you think of the episode!Would you like access to a free FB community to have deeper conversations about the topics we cover in each episode?Let me know in the DMs :) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.