“Don’t give a lecture to someone who needs a hug.”
Safiyyah RA was hurt when she was teased because of her Jewish lineage.
The Prophet ﷺ didn’t dismiss her pain or simply tell her to “be strong.”
He ﷺ comforted her and said:
what i'm about to say might offend some people, but hear me out.
people can tell when you don't read
we can tell
not because you don't use big words and not because your grammar isn't perfect.
we can tell by the way you think.
by the way you process information, by how quickly your attention jumps from one thing to another, by how impatient you are with ideas that require depth.
reading does more than give you knowledge
it trains your brain to concentrate, to think critically, to follow a complete thought without needing constant stimulation.
if you can't focus long enough to finish a book, don't be surprised when you struggle to focus long enough to build a business, master a skill or solve difficult problems.
your attention is a muscle.
if you don't train it, the world will train it for you with endless scrolling, short videos, and constant distractions.
read!
not because it makes you sound smarter, read because it teaches your mind how to think and your brain how to focus. buena suerte 👍
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The Prophet ﷺ clearly taught that:
envy is not smáli a simple look filled with jealousy can harm it can even lead to serious illness or death
And this is confirmed in authentic narrations from Sahih al-Bukhari
The magnitude of the reduction was what stunned everyone.
Lieberman measured it against the effect of paracetamol on physical pain. The two were comparable.
Naming a feeling reduces emotional pain with the same effectiveness as a common painkiller reduces physical pain.
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Jordan Peterson explains why the most aggressive children usually don’t become criminals.
“People think children are naturally peaceful and become aggressive because they learn it. That’s backwards. Two-year-olds are the most aggressive human beings. Aggression is natural. Learning to regulate it is what has to be taught.”
“Most aggressive two-year-olds never become violent adults. By the age of four they’ve learned how to cooperate, compete, and bring their aggressive nature under control.”
“The biggest predictor isn’t aggression itself. It’s whether a child is successfully socialized before the age of four. If they aren’t, their peers reject them, they become isolated, and that’s where the real problems begin.”
“Your job as a parent is to make your child socially desirable by the age of four. Once other children enjoy being around them, their peers will continue socializing them for the rest of their lives.”
“The goal isn’t to raise a child without aggression. The goal is to transform aggression into confidence, discipline, competitiveness, and the ability to stand their ground without becoming destructive.”
My personal truth as a clinical psychologist, for today (July 23, 2026):
Chronic self-sacrifice breeds hidden resentment.
There is a difference between being generous and always putting yourself last.
When you keep giving up what you need to keep everyone else happy, resentment can grow. You may tell yourself, “It’s fine,” while feeling increasingly unappreciated, overlooked, or taken for granted.
Sometimes this becomes a martyr complex: always sacrificing, rarely asking directly for what you need, and then feeling hurt that others don’t notice how much you give.
But martyrdom often does something for the person, too. Though for a price. It can help you feel needed, important, morally right, or indispensable. It can earn appreciation or sympathy. It can give you a sense of purpose or control. And sometimes, sacrificing is safer than asking directly for what you need and risking rejection.
Ironically, though, giving far more than you receive can mean surrendering control, not gaining it. The more you invest while asking little of others, the more invested you become in keeping the relationship going. You may need the relationship more than the other person does. That imbalance can make it harder to say no, set limits, risk conflict, or walk away.
And there may be an unspoken bargain underneath it all: I do all of this for you, and you should somehow know what I need in return.
When others don’t fulfill a bargain they never knew existed, resentment grows.
Healthy relationships require give and take. Ask for what you need. Let other people invest in you, too. Pay attention when you are consistently giving more than you receive.
You can love generously without making yourself the person with the most to lose.
Which of these everyday habits is ACTUALLY proven to increase your risk of cancer?
A) Using underarm deodorants
B) Keeping a phone in your pocket
C) Drinking piping hot tea or coffee
D) Reheating food in a microwave
Unfortunately, I also did this a lot until I knew this!
It’s a shame that the post-match behaviour of the Argentine team will be remembered more than their tournament.
There are many injustices in football, as in life, but as we saw with Argentina, these tend to be both for, and against.
Egypt were certainly denied a penalty against Argentina, for example.
It’s entirely in keeping with the tournament tone, however, since lashing out, abuse, violence is exactly what Trump represents, and what his tournament should be remembered for.
It was, then, a perfectly Trumpian end to a highly controversial and corrupt, nonetheless hugely enjoyable on the field, World Cup.
Particularly with Trump doing his utmost to steal the attention of a moment that others had worked and sacrificed their whole lives for.
And it ended just as the world is, right now.
Vulgarity and obscene commercialisation, the bastardisation of the game, the world trying to play by the rules while the powerful manipulate and destroy them, everyone feeling aggrieved and righteous, and violence, recriminations, conspiracies and carnage everywhere.
Exactly as an Infantino and Trump World Cup, should.
Even in that moment, however, when the whole world around them is descending into chaos and violence, the worst of emotions spilling over, we saw the good.
Lamine Yamal on his knees, praying. Faithful to his beliefs, giving credit elsewhere. The perfect counterpoint to the obscene narcissism and self-adulation of Trump and Infantino.
And Messi and Yamal, embracing.
Despite the devastation that Messi was feeling in that moment, carrying the burden of an entire country and the weight of his own legacy, the older genius passing on his best wishes to the next generation. And Yamal paying his respects to someone that had nurtured his dreams, participated in his development, served as a reference point.
The worst, and best of human nature was on display at the World Cup Final and, in fact, throughout the entire tournament itself.
Fitting, really.