The Mindful Muslim Podcast #48 – Living with Religious OCD with Zainab Ahmed

The Mindful Muslim is an Inspirited Minds podcast that hosts raw, open, and honest conversations on various topics within the sphere of mental health, psychology, Islam and spirituality. This month, Sivan spoke to Zainab Ahmed. Zainab is a volunteer with  The Lantern Initiative , which is a Muslim mental health charity. She also works for  How Are You Peterborough  as a digital and communication specialist, where she regularly engages with the Muslim community to understand what they need from mental health services. The projects Zainab has been involved with include facilitating weekly  Chai & Chat sessions , assisting at  Connecting Muslim Mums sessions, delivering workshops and organising and hosting events. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, writing and going for walks. Their discussion explored: The different types of OCD, including religious OCD and relationship OCD Her journey towards receiving a diagnosis and what helped her on her healing journey More about Exposure Response Therapy (ERT) and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) How she struggled with negative, intrusive thoughts and what helped in dealing with them The misconceptions surrounding OCD and how its not only about cleaning More about her work with The Lantern Initiative & so much more! You can reach out to The Lantern Initiative in one of the following ways: Email:  Salam@thelanterninitiative.co.uk Website:  Facebook:  Instagram:  Twitter:  If you would like to ask us a question, suggest a topic you would like us to discuss on the podcast or if you would like to feature on the podcast as a guest, then please get in touch with the Mindful Muslim Podcast Team at podcast@inspiritedminds.org.uk . Support our podcast by becoming a Torchbearer for Inspirited Minds .

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This episode was published on Mar 20, 2023.

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