Course Details

MOMMY BURNOUT

A Journey from Burnout to Barakah

Motherhood can be beautiful—and still be exhausting.

You can love your children deeply and still feel overwhelmed, overstimulated, irritable, or completely drained. You can be grateful for motherhood and still miss the woman you used to be. You can have faith in Allah and still struggle to feel peaceful.

If you’ve been running on empty, you are not alone.

Mommy Burnout is our popular flagship course for mothers. Offered several times over the years, it has helped many women step out of survival mode and reconnect with their purpose, relationships, and well-being.

Rooted in Qur’anic guidance, Prophetic wisdom, and practical insights from psychology, this seven-session journey offers a compassionate space to slow down, breathe, and realign your life with what matters most.

This is not another course telling you to do more. It is an invitation to release what is weighing you down and move through motherhood with greater clarity, connection, and trust in Allah.

This Course May Be for You If…

• You feel mentally overloaded or emotionally exhausted
• You are carrying an invisible mental load that no one seems to notice
• You feel guilty that you are not doing enough
• You find yourself yelling or reacting more than you would like
• You struggle with comparison or the pressure to be a “perfect” mother
• You want to feel more connected to your children, spouse, or community
• You miss feeling like yourself
• You want to reconnect with Allah without turning faith into another item on your to-do list

What We’ll Explore

Session 1: Rediscover Your Why

Seeing Motherhood Through the Lens of the Akhirah

Reconnect with your purpose, identity, and values while learning to see motherhood as a meaningful act of worship. We’ll reflect on what it means to seek barakah instead of constantly chasing productivity.

Session 2: Why Am I So Tired?

Understanding the External Sources of Burnout

Explore how the mental load, constant interruptions, information overload, comparison, and unrealistic expectations contribute to exhaustion. Begin creating healthier boundaries and releasing burdens Allah never asked you to carry.

Session 3: The Weight We Carry

Understanding the Internal Sources of Burnout

Gently examine the grief, shame, fear, and perfectionism that often go unspoken. Learn how self-compassion, acceptance, and tawakkul can help you make peace with what you cannot control.

Session 4: Calm in the Chaos

Finding Peace When Everything Feels Like Too Much

Better understand stress, anger, anxiety, emotional triggers, and “mom guilt.” Discover psychological and faith-centered tools that can help you regulate your emotions and respond with greater calm and intention.

Session 5: Less Yelling. More Connecting.

Raising Children While Healing Ourselves

Learn to parent from your values rather than from fear or pressure. We’ll explore emotional connection, repairing after difficult moments, and breaking unhealthy generational patterns with mercy and ihsan.

Session 6: Becoming Cherished

Cultivating Love, Respect, and Connection

Featuring Guest Speaker Sr. Heba

Explore how to nurture sakinah, mercy, and emotional connection within marriage. Learn how communication, affection, appreciation, and small intentional habits can create a more peaceful emotional climate at home.

Session 7: Replenishing the Well

Caring for Your Mind, Body, Heart, and Soul

Discover a more sustainable approach to caring for yourself as a whole person. We’ll reflect on worship, rest, nourishment, meaningful companionship, and the everyday rhythms that allow mothers to flourish.

What You’ll Take Away

Our hope is that you leave this course better equipped to:

• Recognize what is contributing to your burnout
• Live and mother with renewed purpose
• Navigate stress with greater calm and resilience
• Parent with more connection, mercy, and clarity
• Strengthen the relationships that matter most
• Care for yourself without shame or guilt
• Build a life rooted in tawakkul, sakinah, and barakah

Your Instructors

Ustadhah Sameera Shah

Sameera Shah is the founder of Sabeel Institute and has dedicated over 15 years to teaching and developing educational programs that help Muslims deepen their understanding of Islam, strengthen their character, and cultivate a closer relationship with Allah. Her passion lies in making classical Islamic knowledge relevant, practical, and transformative for everyday life.

Sr. Selina Ali (LPC-Associate supervised by John Spoede, LPC-S)

Selina Ali received her bachelors in Psychology and Masters of Education in Counseling from the University of Houston. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Associate at Sacred Minds Counseling and uses person-centered therapy with cognitive-behavioral interventions. Selina volunteers as a Mental Health Coordinator with Dar-us-Sakina, a Houston nonprofit that advocates for special needs Muslim families. In her free time, she finds solace in the recitation of the Quran and spending time with her husband and two teens.

Sr. Heba AKA The Marriage Fairy joining for a guest session

Heba is a wife, mom of three, pharmacist, and marriage & relationship coach. She is passionate about helping married women stop over-functioning in their relationships and instead build deeply connected, thriving marriages. When she’s not coaching, you’ll find her tending to her little kids, journaling, exploring new places with her family, taking a good nap, or sipping on an iced matcha in her meditation room.