The Muslim Guide to Wellbeing - by Myira Khan (Paperback)

About the Book

This accessible, Muslim-friendly guide gently takes you on a journey towards better emotional, mental, and spiritual health. You will be invited to reflect on the relationship with yourself, with others, and with Allah, under a therapeutic framework. Topics include self-esteem, boundaries, shame, and emotional health, amongst others.

Book Synopsis

"Myira Khan saw a gap in the resources available to the Muslim community-a gap that needed to be filled with practical psychological tools and spiritual insights. This book addresses that gap beautifully ... all written in a manner that is accessible, jargon-free, and deeply aligned." - Tahira Yasin, Psychotherapist, Clinical Supervisor and CEO of Neurodirectory

The Muslim Guide to Mental Wellbeing is a compassionate companion offering practical tools for emotional and mental health. It will enable you to deepen and enrich your wellbeing and adopts an anti-oppressive approach which recognizes individual and societal pressures.
Written by multi award-winning counsellor Myira Khan, it covers the essential topics including self-esteem, self-compassion, shame, loss, boundaries, and emotional needs. Every topic covered using a three-tiered approach: your relationship with the self, your relationship with others, and your relationship with Allah, enabling you to centre your journey through the book.
Filled with reflective prompts, worksheets, and exercises, this faith-sensitive guide is an invitation to reflect upon and honour the complexities of your Muslim identity. Written primarily for Muslim adults, this book will also be a valued resource for mental health professionals supporting Muslim clients.

Review Quotes

The Muslim Guide to Wellbeing is a much-needed resource. Myira Khan offers a compassionate, faith-sensitive, and practical guide that speaks directly to the lived experiences of Muslims pursuing balance and fulfilment in today's world. By integrating Islamic values with contemporary psychological insights, she provides not just theory but practical tools readers can use every day. Accessible, supportive, and spiritually grounding, this book is a true companion for anyone seeking to nurture their mental, emotional, and spiritual health.--Dr Faisal Mahmood, BACP (Accredited); UKCP (Registered); SFHEA

The Muslim Guide to Wellbeing is a long overdue and much-needed resource. It's a timely and important contribution to the growing conversation around Islamic mental health and wellbeing. What makes it so valuable is how it brings together Islamic tradition and psychological insight in a way that is both accessible and deeply meaningful. Myira Khan has a real gift for breaking down complex psychological concepts and presenting them in a way that is grounded in faith and relevant to everyday life - something that's often missing in other wellbeing resources.
The inclusion of Imam al-Ghazali's model of the self, with its focus on our relationship with Allah, ourselves, and others, adds a powerful spiritual depth to the book. This is a thoughtful, warm, and practical resource. I've truly enjoyed reading it, and I know I'll be drawing on many of its insights in my own work around self-care from an Islamic perspective. Highly recommended - a book that deserves a place on the bookshelf of every Muslim household, educator, and practitioner.

--Safura Houghton, Co-Founder of The Lantern Initiative and Muslim Chaplain

This is the mental health guide Muslims around the world have been waiting for! Myira Khan provides wisdom and structured guidance by unpacking key struggles Muslims face in their relationship with themselves, with others, and Allah, and provides psycho-education and reflection exercises that are accessible to any reader. We need Khan's voice in the Muslim Umma to normalize discussion on mental health and include Islamic spirituality in scientific and academic literature.--Dr. Ammara Khalid, Founder of RIA Psychological Services

About the Author

Myira Khan is a multi-award-winning Accredited Counsellor, Supervisor, Coach, Counselling Tutor and the Founder of the Muslim Counsellor and Psychotherapist Network (MCAPN). She runs workshops internationally, on working within diversity and broader cross-cultural issues, and is a regular speaker and facilitator at conferences and events, including a Ted Talk on her therapeutic coaching approach to self-care. She is the author of Working within Diversity and lives in Leicester.