Tanzeela Majeed Blog
Emotions
How Clutter Piles Up In Your Mind
When we start physically decluttering our house, it feels great!
The tidy rooms, the clear surfaces and the bigger spaces bring a sense of light airiness into our homes.
Well, that’s until someone comes along and plonks their unopened letters on a newly cleared kitchen worktop! 😊
As frustrating as it might be to see some letters lying on top of all the effort you put in, you might decide to leave them there so you can get others to take responsibility and put their own belongings where they s…
When Things Don't Go As Planned
A couple of years ago, we had intended to buy a certain car. It was just what we needed; more space in the back for the kids and their growing bodies, bigger boot space and of course, it wasn't a rust bucket 😊
(If you're on my email list, you'll remember the rust bucket!)
However, I asked our trusted family member who knows more about cars than everyone else put together! And he came up with another plan... A plan which meant the car I had been thinking of getting was now simply not going to h…
Is Death Difficult To Discuss?
This time, I said “Allah hafidh” at the end. It means Allah is the Protector, but is often used as ‘goodbye’.
I wasn’t expecting his response.
“Mama, don’t say Allah hafidh because then I think you’re going to g…
Relationships and Serious Illness
So, she decided to do what any of us would - Google it! :)
What she discovered was something very unpleasant. It appeared as though the symptoms she had could be the cause of a serious illness.
Thus began her worry.
BEFORE she Googled anything about it, she didn't know she had any illness. She had no worry whatsoever.
AFTER she Googled…
The Emptiness of Social Media
I don’t think we anticipated, though, how lockdown would exponentially increase our use of laptops, iPads, tablets, phones and any other gadget we can get our hands on.
As a coach and counsellor, every day I get to see the inner game of what’s going on under the surface in people’s lives, and have noticed the huge ill effect of social …
How Anger Can Take Over
Yet, in hindsight we can often see where our blinders were.
Take a simple example:
You tell your daughter (or niece or son) that she needs to tidy her room today. She gets a reminder in the morning, and then later after school. But every time you glance in her room for a little check in – it’s still not done.
After dinner, it’s still not done.
After homework, it’s still not done…