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.
TheJourneywithM
14. Hope/ الأمل
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Some say hope is only for the weak
But 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 live
In the face of the unknown, hope is what gives us a chance to dream of a bright future
I've personally gone through quite a rough time recently and will probably pause or stop recording my podcast but before that and in the hope of a bright new year I'll be sharing my last episode for this year and it's about....hope
Even if the future might look "bleak " to some. Hope was never a calculation. Perhaps it's more of a leap of faith. Faith in how the orchestrated universe seems to find a way. What do you hope and plant a seed of?
My guest is Dima Elhori a physician who likes to contemplate while having a walk in the forest. She also likes to listen to Arabic music especially the Egyptian singer Amr Diab.
May we always carry hope in our hearts and act accordingly