03/10/2026
How to manage your emotions
Are you feeling overwhelmed by anger, frustration, or sadness in your relationships or the world today? In this powerful talk, sister Haleh Banani explains how to transform destructive emotions into constructive actions using Islamic principles.
Drawing on 30 years of faith-based counseling, sister Haleh reminds us that emotions are not our enemies; they are vital pieces of information meant to guide us.
However, when we fail to regulate our emotions and simply react, we risk destroying our relationships and committing actions we may regret for decades.
By looking at the ultimate role model, Prophet Muhammad (2), we learn how to remain dignified, poised, and God-conscious even in the face of immense injustice, humiliation, and grief
sde, you will learn
"Name it to Tame it": A psychological technique to move emotions out of the reactive amygdala and into the logical prefrontal cortex, instantly calming your nervous system.
The 3 Steps to Emotional Intelligence:
Moraqaba (Mindfulness/Self-awareness): Understanding your triggers, healing childhood wounds, and deactivating the things that make you react.
Mujahada (Internal Struggle): The daily striving to lower your gaze, control your tongue, and fight your ego (nafs) rather than succumbing to desires.
Muhasabah (Daily Self-Evaluation): Holding yourself accountable at the end of each day and following up any bad deeds (like snapping at your children) with good deeds.
The Heaviest Deed on the Scale: Why your character-especially how you treat your spouse, children, and parents behind closed doors-will weigh heavier than extra prayers or fasting on the Day of Judgment.
Avoiding the "Sewage Water": Why you should never lower your standards to match the negative energy of disrespectful or difficult people.
Taming the Nafs: How to take the "remote control" away from Shaytan and train your ego to become a partner that pushes you toward good deeds and Jannah.
Wisdom is a gift from Allah that does not automatically come with age, education, or even Islamic knowledge. Watch this video to learn how to actively seek that wisdom, break generational patterns of dysfunction, and build a peaceful home.
