TheJourneywithM
The Journey with M is a contemplative podcast with Mona. An invitation to journey with both the self and with humanity, through a mindful lens.
Here, mindfulness is not about techniques or fixing the mind. It is a space where we meet beyond thought. A space to explore the state of the world, both the inner and the outer. A space to slow down enough to notice what is actually present in each sacred moment. Moments that will never return in the same way.
This podcast grows from the same intention as Mona’s earlier Arabic podcast Mn’albi (“From My Heart”): to reflect on what emerges when we pause, listen, and allow life to meet us as it is.
No absolute truths or ready-made answers are offered here. Instead, each episode invites the listener to discern what feels true in their own heart. Listening without rushing to judgment. Allowing insight to reveal itself in its own time. Staying with what is.
This kind of listening takes courage.
The word courage comes from the French cœur (the heart) our center where feeling, will, and meaning meet.
To be courageous is not to be without fear, but to let the heart speak even when fear is present. To live from the chest forward. To remain open. To allow the heart to lead.
Guided by the heart’s intelligence, these conversations explore how we touch life, how we listen, and how our presence leaves its mark on the world.
Each episode is an invitation to feel, to remember, and to listen not from the mind alone, but from the wholeness of your being, from the comfort of your own space.
Wherever you are listening from, you are welcome to journey with M.
Episodes
27 episodes
How to Maintain a Monster
Musings with Daniel Mate…An apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Both Daniel Mate and Gabor Mate are jews that courageously explain the psychology behind zionism. We’re all indoctrinated to some degree but this man-made ideology is the ...
The World is Our Classrom
Musings with Anoop....Anoop Kumar currently lives in Dubai and is originally from India. He jokes about that Dubai feels at home since it’s like a Little India. We explore how its like to experience people and cultures first hand rather ...
¨I am better than you¨
Musings with Natte....Natte is a senior physician in psychiatry who raises awareness of racism, violence and power structures in healthcare and in the world. She believes that every human life has a value that must be respected regardles...
AI and Sophia (Whose Intelligence is Superintelligence?)
Musings with PerSomething caught my attention in my last two podcast episodes. The guests independently expressed their concerns about AI.This made me want to have an episode dedicated entirely to what happens if we allow superint...
The Human of Today
Musings with Christopher....Christopher describes himself as a regular Joe that tends to analyse things deeply.This made me curious to brainstorm with him around how it is to be human in todays world
Our Freedom
Musings with Lui and Philip....One of my dreams is to live on a land where I can grow my own food, be close to nature, be in contact with animals and feel free.Luisa Klein and Philippe Siedel are two brave souls that chose to opt ...
Who´s Entitled?
Musings with Benjamin...Benjamin Gerber is the congregation's religious officer and spiritual leader of the congregation's Masorti movement. He leads religious services and holds courses in Judaism and for conversions. He also works at...
The shoes Chose me
Musings with Lousie...Louise Karlsson is an artistic soul that wants to believe in the goodness of the world even if she gets pessimistic at times. She has a background in theatre and continues to pursue creativity nowadays in the form o...
Peace is a Movement
Musings with Mathilda...With roots deep in the Swedish forrest, flying high in the Northern skies Mathilda makes music for the movement of energy, minds & hearts.She acted in one of Astrid Lindgrens works as a young child and ...
The act of Surrender
Musings with Fatmir....Fatmir Seremeti is an inspirational speaker, Paralympic athlete and successful entrepreneur. With an impressive social media presence, where he has over 85,000 followers, he not only shares his own success stories ...
Listen to your Ego
Musings with DannyDanny Antivalidis grew up with Greek Jehovah’s Witness parents in southern Sweden, sparking a lifelong search for truth. In his early twenties, an awakening experience in India changed everything. After years of meditat...
Introduction to Journey with M
The Journey with M is a contemplative podcast with Mona. An invitation to journey with both the self and with humanity, through a mindful lens.Here, mindfulness is not about techniques or fixing the mind. It is a space where we meet beyond ...
14. Hope/ الأمل
Some say hope is only for the weakBut what if it's all you've got In our darkest moments, hope is what we hold on to if we want to continue to liveIn the face of the unknown, hope is what gives us a chance to dream ...
13. Morality/الأخلاق
Can we substitute morality with laws, rules and regulations ?How does a community look like if we skip individual morality altogether?Who decides what's right from wrong in this confusing world we live in?I believe we ha...
12. Racism/العنصرية
Did you know? "Sweden was the first country in the world to - in 1922- establish a government agency to handle issues related to racial hygiene. The proponents of racial- hygiene-thinking argued that certain groups had inferior genes. Soc...
11. Selfishness / الأنانية
How selfish are you?Is selfishness bad? I don't usually like to answer in a no or yes form but yes it is.Selfishness is bad.How has propagation of self-care been turned into propagation of selfishness Audre Lorde sa...
10. Free will /مُسَيَّرٌ أم مُخَيَّرٌ
Do you believe you have a free will?Are you using your full capacity of free will? What limits our free will?Do we give ourselves less or more free will when we expose ourselves to social media?Are we free t...
9. Anger/الغضب
"Arg som ett bi" is an expression used in Sweden which means angry like a bee.Are bees really angry?If you feel into its energy doesn't anger have a lot of power?Can we feel anger without expressing it in a destructive or conven...
8. Sadness/الحزن
Are there different ways to express the sadness that flows through our hearts from time to time?Is it a feeling we're avoiding to feel even if it's there? Are we perhaps afraid to get stuck in it? Is that the reason w...
7. Love/ الحب
"What is love? Baby don't hurt, don't hurt me, no more..."Ok, how do we talk about love without using too many cliches? How does it truly feel when we're in a state of love?Is love a decision or is it an innate spontaneous respo...
6. Westerners complex /عقدة الخواجة
In Egypt and perhaps other Eastern countries, there's an expression called ¨Westerner´s complex¨ where the person feels as if anything coming from the West is better and more valuable than what the country has. Lets listen to what Dr ...
5. Social intelligence (2/2)/الذكاء الاجتماعي
This episode which is the second part of the episode with Marwa Lasheen, delves into how our social Intelligence is used in our current social media era.
4. Social intelligence (1/2)/ الذكاء الاجتماعي
We are social beings. How can improving our social Intelligence make us better humans and is it even possible to improve that type of Intelligence ?Let's listen to what Marwa Lasheen thinks about that. Marwa is a minister p...