Mindset Shifts to Be a Healthy & Productive Muslim! -Interview w/Muhammad Alshareef

How to we go from being "complainers" to "action-takers"? How do we hack our daily habits to avoid "falling off-track"? Why do some people struggle so much with motivation?? How do we best ask Allah for help on our goals?
In this interview with Shaykh Muhammad Alshareef, we talked all about important & practical mindset shifts to help us stick to our goals and have a healthy + productive Ramadan inshAllah!
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☪️ About Shaykh Muhammad Alshareef:
Muhammad Alshareef's is the creator of the famous Visionaire Lifestyle; founder of AlMaghrib Institute, the English world’s premier Islamic Sciences student body; the founder of DiscoverU, the Muslim world’s leading personal development company; leader of the #1 Umrah and Hajj mobile app; and one of the world’s 500 most influential Muslims - a list compiled and published by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Jordan. His motto? "Live life by Dua". Check out his Dua Retreat "Visionaire Ramadan" at visionaireramadan.com/2022
☪️ About Coach Amina:
Amina Khan is an award-winning Fitness Coach and Founder of Amanah Fitness. She has inspired thousands of busy Muslim families all over the world to start exercising with her at-home workout videos. She was named Canada's Top Fitness Instructor Specialist in 2018 and has been featured in The New York Times, Canadian Living Magazine, Women's Health Magazine, Al Jazeera, and Global News.
Amina is currently completing her Ph.D. degree in Health Psychology. Her goal is to provide research-based solutions for Muslim families to overcome cultural fitness struggles and increase inclusivity in the fitness industry.
You can get The Ramadan Reset Guide to Healthy Eating & Exercise at ramadanreset.com and free fasting home workout videos at ramadanreset.com/workouts
Follow Coach Amina at @AmanahFitness on Instagram: / amanahfitness
Interview Time Stamps
00:00 Introduction - Why Ramadan is the perfect time to build good habits!
1:00 Welcome Shaykh Muhammad
1:20 Rapid Fire Questions! Favorite dua, sahaba, foods, workouts, UAE or Canada?
5:43 “What motivates you to be Healthy?” When your body FORCES you to be healthy
6:10 “What healthy habits do you implement daily?"
6:35 Thoughts on the effects of social media on the modern Muslim community
8:07 How can someone with BIG GOALS go from being a “complainer” to an “action-taker”?
8:30 Why your relationships, company & environment make the BIGGEST impact on your health!
9:35 Advice for people who are MOTIVATED to make a change for their health but they just CAN’T DO IT and can’t stay consistent?
10:00 Discipline versus motivation: How to hack your habits
10:30 Why waking up for fajr is the KEY to being HEALTHY?!
11:00 What to do when your day falls apart & you feel scattered & lost- What habits are you MISSING?
12:02 Break up your day to get control of your schedule! How to get strategic about your day!
12:30 Why do people “fall off-track”?
13:30 The importance of crafting your environment to force you to reach your goals
14:00 What to do if you can’t control your environment? (Eg. Women dealing with an unsupportive husband, or too many family responsibilities that make becoming healthy too hard?!)
15:40 Why do you think Muslims struggle to be healthy? What’s wrong with our community?
17:10 Advice on How to stay productive in Ramadan
19:20 What if you feel tired & unmotivated? Using “gamification” to make your big goals fun
19:58 What does it mean to “Live your life by DUA”?
21:00 Making weak duas for your health?
22:00 How do we make better duas? What is a “dream dua” that changes your life?
23:00 Is dua the key to taking your life to the next level?
23:55 Why the “Be, Do, Have” Model can change your motivation! How to make “Be, Do, Have” Dua?
26:20 Advice to Muslim creators on social media & avoiding its pitfalls
27:00 “Consume a nutritious social media diet”
27:52 What is Visionaire Ramadan? The opportunity to level up your duas!
30:00 Why you shouldn’t just make dua to “lose weight”-there’s a better way!
32:00 An amazing Ramadan dua story!
35:00 Top 3 Takeaway Points-Interview Hot Tips!

[@ArifKabir_]

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raajioon. May Allah forgive him. Jazakillahu khayran for recording this.

[@queendomcomehenna]

So informative Alhamdulillaah…
JazakumAllahu Khairan 🎤😆

[@Ami-xt5qz]

Jazakumullahu khairan katsiir

[@ashaaweis381]

mashalaha tabarakalaha jizkalaha sis

[@humaahmed6440]

I feel sleepy the whole day even after breaking fast

[@uroojsohail7819]

JazakAllah Amina for this conversation, I must say smart questions and really practical answers to make ourselves productive. I can listen to this conversation again and again to keep myself motivated. I will share this with my family aswell. Once again JazakAllah to you and brother Muhammad Alshareef to shared his valuable thoughts with us.

[@AmanahFitness]

Wow mashAllah Urooj, I'm so glad you found it beneficial and most importantly... PRACTICAL! Jazakillah khair for listening and sharing! :)

[@studentofknowledge2649]

I feel weak while fasting after afternoon

[@studentofknowledge2649]

I feel tired and full after opening fast even if I ate little . I can’t take chick peas it does not suit me. Fruit salad is also not working I think , too sugary