To defeat your ED, addiction you simply have to take responsibility for yourself. The wishes and false beliefs have to go. As Dr Lee said: The path of becoming who you really are is similar for all addictions. The addiction stands between you and your birthright of joy. Giving up the addiction is not a loss; it means becoming able to find more delight in precious moment after precious moment. Rumi says We are lutes, no more, no less. When the sound box is full of anything, no music. When the belly burns clean…., every moment a new song.
Dear Readers,
Please find below a video by Maliha on Ramadan and Eating Disorders. Maliha invited Najeeha Khan, LPC-A, a therapist from Austin, TX who specializes in working with eating disorders. They talk about the common misconceptions around eating disorders in the Muslim community, the challenges Muslims with ED face in Ramadan, how to decide if fasting during Ramadan is right for us if we have an ED, how help our loved ones if they’re experiencing an ED, and resources we can learn more from!
About Maliha Khan
Maliha Khan, MA, LPC-I, is a member of our Outpatient Therapy team and also serves as one of the facilitators for our adolescent therapy groups.
Her professional experience includes working as a project coordinator at Rice University and MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Biobehavioral Mechanisms Explaining Disparaties Lab, where she worked in the field of psychoneuroimmunology.
Maliha enjoys presenting to local groups about mental health issues and has given presentations to the Texas A&M University Muslim Student Association, the Houston Baptist University Counseling Program and the MannMukti podcast. She also shares her knowledge via her YouTube channel and Instagram account, Mental Health with Maliha.
She is a member of the Houston Group Psychotherapy Association.
Maliha earned her master’s degree in Professional Counseling from Liberty University and her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Houston.
In her free time, she enjoys traveling the world and learning about different cultures. She also loves trying new restaurants and recreating healthier versions of nostalgic meals.
Mental Health with Maliha
Ramadan & Eating Disorders: How to help yourself &
your loved ones
Maliha invited Najeeha Khan, LPC-A, a therapist from Austin, TX who specializes in working with eating disorders. We talk about the common misconceptions around eating disorders in the Muslim community, the challenges Muslims with ED face in Ramadan, how to decide if fasting during Ramadan is right for us if we have an ED, how help our loved ones if they’re experiencing an ED, and resources we can learn more from!
Najeeha Khan is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Associate in the state of Texas. Najeeha works at Austin Counseling + Nutrition, primarily serving clients with eating and body image-related concerns. She provides social justice-informed counseling to Muslims and racial/ethnic minorities in Texas, with special focus on the intersection of identity and disordered eating. Her website is: https://www.austincounselingnutrition…
RESOURCES: · Eating Disorders Resource Catalogue: https://www.edcatalogue.com/books/ · National Eating Disorders Association has crisis text line: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.o… · Text NEDA to 741741 · The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness: https://www.allianceforeatingdisorder… · Eating Recovery Center: https://www.eatingrecoverycenter.com/
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