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🎤 Ustadha Naielah Ackbarali
🕋 Islamic Therapy & Counseling
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Are you soft and vulnerable with your spouse? My

Are you soft and vulnerable with your spouse?

My husband and I gave our tips for what has kept our marriage going for almost 20 years AlhamduliLlah at a recent seminar with Faithspace UK.

Check out this brief clip as I talk about softness in a marriage. InshaAllah will post the other half soon.

💗 Need marriage advice?

Married, Premarital Couples, and Singles!

⬇️ Check out my marriage counseling options at this link:

www.muslimacoaching.com/sessions/

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❓What does a happy marriage look like?! 😔 Surpris

❓What does a happy marriage look like?!

😔 Surprisingly, a lot of people I have met do not know.

😍 I break it down in simple terms in this video--a short clip from the recent Happily Ever After Marriage Seminar.

✅ Want to learn more? Single or married, I can help you inshaAllah.

⬇️ Check out my coaching and counseling options at this link!

www.muslimacoaching.com/sessions/

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👉🏽Are you really hard on yourself? I know many peo

👉🏽Are you really hard on yourself? I know many people who are.

🥀They blame themselves for making mistakes. Some even believe their mistakes are proof of how bad they are as a person.

💥It then becomes a battlefield in their minds. They replay their mistakes over and over, criticizing themselves for what they did, and dreaming about what they could have done instead.

🌟But mistakes are part of being human. We have all made them.

🌱It simply means you’re learning, growing, and navigating life as best you can with the knowledge and understanding you have at the time.

💓The trick is to be compassionate towards yourself. Realize that mistakes aren’t who you are — they’re just something you did.

‼️If being hard on yourself has become a pattern, you don’t have to work through that alone.

✅ Therapy can provide a space to understand where that self-criticism comes from, develop a kinder relationship with yourself, and learn healthier ways of responding when things don’t go as planned.

🆘 I can help you inshaAllah. In my Islamic counseling and therapy sessions, I have helped many of my clients develop healthier mindsets.

⬇️ Give it a try.

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I wish more people understood the importance of em

I wish more people understood the importance of emotional safety in romantic relationships. More comments in post.

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Sometimes our fears can hold us back from what may

Sometimes our fears can hold us back from what may truly help us. More comments in post.

Learn more about our counseling and therapy at this link:

https://www.muslimacoaching.com/islamic-therapy-counseling/

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❤️ Your spouse needs your support, not your critic

❤️ Your spouse needs your support, not your criticism.

✅ Marriage is meant to be a source of tranquility, mercy, and compassion.

💞 Sometimes the greatest act of love is simply listening with patience and responding with kindness.

🌹In my marriage counseling sessions, I teach couples how to show up for each other in a way that is pleasing to Allah Most High.

Want to give it a try?

⬇️ Check out my couples counseling for Muslim spouses.

www.muslimacoaching.com/couples-coaching/

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😔I'm always surprised by how many people believe t

😔I'm always surprised by how many people believe their childhood no longer affects them.

👀I've had many people tell me, "I accepted what happened growing up and moved on."

❌But through my work in Islamic counseling and therapy, I've found that this usually isn't what happened.

Rest of thoughts in post.

Session info in my bio.

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We are in the blessed days of Dhu’l Hijjah — the b

We are in the blessed days of Dhu’l Hijjah — the best days of the year.

Some have been granted the opportunity to go to Hajj, while most of us remain at home. But we should not allow these magnificent days to pass without striving to become better Muslims and better people.

With the recent events in the world, many of us are carrying sadness and heaviness in our hearts.

You may wonder what you can do to help, to create change, or to make a difference.

There is something each of us can do — individually and collectively — to make the world a better place:

✅ Strive to be someone Allah loves.❤️

Allah Most High tells us in the Qur’an that He loves:

🌟Those who do good (2:195)
🌟Those who repent (2:222)
🌟Those who are pure (2:222)
🌟Those who fear Him (3:76)
🌟Those who are patient (3:146)
🌟Those who rely upon Him (3:159)
🌟Those who act justly (5:42)

Reflect on these qualities and ask yourself:

🔷Which of these am I consistent in?
🔷Which of these am I struggling to fulfill?
🔷Which of these can I strive to embody more?

When you show up as a person Allah loves, others will be impacted by your words, your actions, and your presence.

The first place to begin is within our own homes — with our spouses, children, and families.

These blessed days are a means for forgiveness and mercy. They are also an opportunity for transformation and growth.

Do not let them pass without intending to become better than before.

The aim is clear: be someone Allah loves.

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👎🏽Stop saying it’s impossible! 💖 It may be very

👎🏽Stop saying it’s impossible!

💖 It may be very possible to change your marriage.

❤️‍🩹 I’ve been a marriage counselor for over 10 years, and I’ve witnessed many couples transform their relationships for the better.

👀The problem is that most people focus on the wrong thing.

🙈They put so much energy into trying to change their spouse instead of changing the relationship dynamic.

❌It’s counterproductive to nag, attack, or threaten your spouse, then expect them to show you more love and support. People don’t respond well to that.

✅ Instead, try increasing these things in your marriage — even if it starts with only you:

1. Validate your spouse’s feelings when they complain instead of dismissing them.

2. Increase soft touch and affection, like hugs, holding hands, and sweet kisses.

3. Show more support for the things your spouse does, whether it’s their parenting style or career goals.

4. Schedule daily quality time, even if it’s just 30 minutes, or weekly quality time for a few hours.

5. Be reliable and consistent in what you say and do. Avoid breaking promises or failing to show up when you said you would.

🌟By setting a positive example, inshaAllah your spouse may feel inspired to do the same.

👉🏽 Need help? I offer counseling for wives, husbands, married couples, and premarital couples.

⬇️ Browse our options!

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🥀It’s time to stop feeling stuck in your life. 🌸A

🥀It’s time to stop feeling stuck in your life.

🌸After a long, cold winter, Allah brings a warm spring—full of growth, renewal, and new beginnings.

🌿A reminder: your life has seasons too. Just because you’ve experienced a difficult period doesn’t mean it’s permanent. There is always an opportunity to start again.

🌧Start by letting go of what’s weighing you down—unhealthy relationships, harmful habits, and negative thought patterns.

🧹Growth requires space. And sometimes, that means clearing out what no longer serves you so you can step into the life you truly want, inshaAllah.

‼️Through my work in Islamic therapy and counseling, I’ve met many people facing real challenges—controlling family dynamics, painful divorces, difficult workplaces, and deeply self-critical thoughts.

👌But your story doesn’t end there.

🌟No matter how heavy things feel, change is possible. Life can be reignited when you take intentional steps toward what you can control.

✨This is your sign to reset. To clean up what you can. To rebuild healthier habits and relationships.

✅And you don’t have to do it alone.

💞I’m here to help, inshaAllah.

👇🏽Check out my Islamic counseling and coaching services through the link.

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😳My husband and I have been married for almost 20

😳My husband and I have been married for almost 20 years, and we’ve NEVER celebrated Valentine’s Day.

❤️Don’t get me wrong — I love red hearts and chocolates.

⚡️But Valentine’s Day feels like commercialized love.

❌Love shouldn’t be confined to one day of the year.

✅It should be woven into every single day of your life.

‼️Marriage is challenging for everyone in different ways.

👌But what hurts a relationship the most is when you emotionally log out of it.

✨Give daily doses of care.

💕Never stop trying.

💯Never stop showing up for Allah’s sake.

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The first fight you have with your spouse can be a

The first fight you have with your spouse can be agonizing.

For many people, arguing with their spouse is not what they expected marriage to be like.

They assumed that because they get along so well, they would naturally be able to work through issues with ease.

But marital conflict often brings out another side of us—a side most people never see.

When we feel hurt, disappointed, or angry with our spouses, we may behave in ways that go against how we usually understand ourselves.

As difficult as these moments are, they can become powerful opportunities to learn more about ourselves and to strive to be better.

However, the opposite can also happen. Conflict can become a way to blame our spouses for our painful feelings while avoiding responsibility for our own actions.

“You started it!”

“You kept bringing it up, and that’s why I exploded!”

“This isn’t how I usually am with others. It’s what you said that made me react this way!”

Without proper insight and guidance, this pattern can turn into a painful and recurring cycle over time.

There are solutions—and one of the most important is increasing self-awareness around what triggers your anger, hurt, or frustration.

I give the same advice to singles and engaged couples as well. It is crucial to learn more about yourself before tying the knot and using that knowledge to better yourself.

Check out this clip from a recent marriage lecture I gave for Faithspace UK to singles.

Discover more of our coaching and counseling options at the link below:

www.muslimacoaching.com/sessions/

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⚡️Alhamdulillah, this year was busier than I ever

⚡️Alhamdulillah, this year was busier than I ever expected.

🌎 One of my favorite parts was meeting clients from all over the world. In 2025, our clients were based in 30 different countries.

🇹🇹 Coming from a Caribbean background, I have always been a multicultural person and deeply value helping others. It is truly an honor to serve the international Muslim community through counseling and psychotherapy.

💞 I started Muslima Coaching 10 years ago as a small home business, initially supporting wives with their marriages. Over time, it grew into couples counseling, premarital counseling, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

🌸 I am so grateful to be part of so many people’s journeys. I am proud of my clients and think of them often.

🌟 I wish you all the very best in the year ahead, inshaAllah. May Allah Most High bring ease to our ummah and make us among those He loves.

Your Sister,

Naielah Ackbarali
CEO, Muslima Coaching
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‼️Singles can prepare themselves for marriage befo

‼️Singles can prepare themselves for marriage before getting married.

❓Do you agree?

✅ Check out this clip from a recent marriage seminar with Faithspace UK.

💓 We offer a variety of premarital options for singles and engaged couples.

⬇️ View them at this link:

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Does therapy and counseling work for Muslims? 🤔 🎓

Does therapy and counseling work for Muslims? 🤔

🎓I recently obtained a Postgraduate Certificate (Level 7) in Psychological Therapies at Queen Mary University of London. AlhamduliLlah, I received a distinction for my grade.

📚My course focused on understanding different types of therapies for mental health issues—their application and their effectiveness.

❓As a Muslim therapist and counselor, my main concern was whether these psychological therapies *really* work for Muslim clients.

📉I was pleased to find several studies involving Muslim populations. However, the research is still limited.

💔That being said, my studies led me to believe that the issue is not the therapy itself—but rather the absence of spirituality in the original framework.

🚫This lack of awareness then filters down into how therapists are trained, and many receive no meaningful training in spiritually sensitive care.

➡️Consequently, therapists may:

❌ avoid discussing Islam
❌ consider faith irrelevant
❌ pathologize religious practices (prayer, hijab, modesty)
❌ misunderstand Islamic values

➡️This can make Muslim clients feel:

👎🏽unseen
👎🏽misunderstood
👎🏽spiritually judged

My solution?
💯Bring faith into the therapy room.

✨My practice integrates Islamic teachings, ethics, and motivation—so your spiritual worldview is honored and woven into your healing journey.

Want to give it a try?
🔗Explore our options at the link below.

*This post is based on the findings of Islam & Chadwick (2025); Hassan et al. (2025); Weatherhead & Daiches (2010); Hodge et al. (2023).

https://www.muslimacoaching.com/islamic-therapy-counseling/

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Heartbreak is never easy 💔 The reality of life is

Heartbreak is never easy 💔

The reality of life is that:

People will let us down 😔

We may lose loved ones 🤲

Relationships can fall apart 💔

We may get unfairly fired ⚠️

Friends can turn against us 🥀

The list is endless…

Heartbreak can leave us feeling broken, burdened, confused, and depressed ❤️‍🔥

Some people push down their emotions just to survive. But suppression isn’t healing—it’s a mask.

And masked pain doesn’t disappear; it keeps resurfacing until we finally learn how to process it.

A big part of my work as a therapist is helping clients heal from heartbreak ❤️‍🩹

Therapy can teach you how to process the event in a balanced, grounded way—so you can feel free to live your life again ✨

If you’re struggling with heartache, you don’t have to go through it alone 💞

⬇️ Give our Islamic therapy and counselling a try, inshaAllah.

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I’m so happy to share that I’ve recently completed

I’m so happy to share that I’ve recently completed the Level 3 Clinical Training in the Gottman Method for Couples Therapy!

Over the course of this intensive training—overseen by the Gottman Institute—I joined more than 45 licensed marriage therapists and mental health counselors in exploring advanced applications of the Gottman Method.

I’ve been incorporating John and Julie Gottman’s approach into my own counseling practice for several years, but this training truly took my understanding to a new level.

Through real case studies, we analyzed complex marriage dynamics and collaborated on how to use the Gottman framework to address specific marital challenges.

I felt so blessed to learn alongside such a bright and motivated group of therapists. Everyone’s insights and questions enriched the experience.

Moving forward, I plan to integrate the Gottman Method even more deeply into my sessions. What makes this approach stand out?

✨ It’s evidence-based. The Gottmans studied thousands of couples over 30 years to identify what makes relationships thrive.

✨ It’s practical. The skills are easy to teach and apply at home—empowering couples to continue the work between sessions.

✨ It’s structured. The method keeps sessions focused and constructive, helping couples avoid unproductive conflict.

✨ It’s compatible with Islamic teachings. This is the most meaningful aspect for me.

I’m deeply grateful for John and Julie Gottman’s contributions to the field.

If you’d like to experience this approach in your own relationship, you’re welcome to book a couples counseling session with us, inshaAllah.

www.muslimacoaching.com/couples-coaching

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💔 What Are You Really Fighting Over? ‼️I’ve watch

💔 What Are You Really Fighting Over?

‼️I’ve watched many couples argue in my marriage counseling sessions. The topics are endless — quality time, kids, broken promises, chores...

👇🏽But here’s what I’ve learned

🎯 For many couples, the fights never get resolved because they haven’t targeted the real issue.

❤️‍🔥 The argument goes in circles, or silence lasts for days — not because of what was said, but because of what wasn’t understood.

Here’s the truth:

✅ Marital fights aren’t just about the issue at hand — they’re often about something deeper.

💘 In my sessions, I help couples uncover what’s really behind their arguments.

💓 I love seeing my clients get that ah-ha moment - that moment when they realize the true source of the hurt. It can completely change the direction of their relationship.

✨ It’s only when you understand the real problem that you can begin to heal.

❓Do you ever feel like your spouse just doesn’t get you?

❌ You don’t have to stay stuck in that cycle.

🌸 I can help, inshaAllah.

⚡️My mission is to help Muslim marriages thrive and survive for the sake of Allah Most High.

⬇️ Try out our Muslim marriage counseling services. We help Muslim couples, wives, husbands, and singles.

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On this blessed Friday, Alhamdulillah, our Muslima

On this blessed Friday, Alhamdulillah, our Muslima Coaching Instagram account has reached 10K followers.

Although I’m grateful and humbled by this milestone, the number itself means little to me.

Over the past few years, I’ve become increasingly disheartened by what social media has become — the fakeness, algorithm bias, and censorship on issues that truly matter.

In my Islamic counseling and therapy sessions, I’ve also seen the negative impact social media can have. Many clients have opened up about struggles with comparison, jealousy, and low self-esteem.

So, why keep an account? Because of you.

Your journeys are what keep me going.

Through social media, I’ve had the privilege of meeting many of my clients and connecting with Muslims from all over the world — and without having to travel!

My desire to help others continues to motivate me to show up, even in a space I often find challenging.

I am deeply grateful that Allah has allowed me to witness the sincerity and resilience of so many brothers and sisters striving to build wholesome, faith-filled lives. May Allah heal our wounds, strengthen our homes, and increase us in iman.

In the end, it’s never about numbers — it’s about striving to please Allah Most High.

Your sister,
Naielah Ackbarali

Muslima Coaching
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Are you feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure abou

Are you feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure about your life?

My Islamic counselling and therapy sessions are a safe and welcoming space to explore your thoughts, emotions, and challenges — all through a spiritually grounded lens.

Alhamdulillah, I’ve helped many clients find clarity and peace in areas such as:

💫 Marriage and family life
💫 Childhood experiences and emotional healing
💫 Self-worth and confidence
💫 Religious practice and spiritual growth
💫 Finding balance and purpose in everyday life

What you can expect in our sessions:

✅ A warm, friendly environment
✅ A safe space to feel heard and understood
✅ A place to explore your thoughts and worries
✅ A structured, solution-focused approach
✅ A spiritually-grounded outlook

I am an accredited therapist and counselor. I combine my training in Islamic Studies, Coaching, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help you find clarity, healing, and spiritual alignment.

A typical first session may include:

1️⃣ Light introductions or an ice-breaker
2️⃣ Discussing what’s on your mind and what brought you here
3️⃣ Exploring possible ways forward and practical changes
4️⃣ Outlining a potential plan for future sessions

🌸 If you’re curious, start with a 30-minute assessment session — it’s half the cost of a regular session and gives you a feel for what therapy is like.

❤️ I hope to meet you soon inshaAllah.

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