The Iman Diaries

Emmylou F. Iman•emmylouiman.substack.com

Welcome to The Iman Diaries, your sanctuary for exploration and introspection about life, loss, and love, helping you find clarity and perhaps meaning and purpose despite it. If you go through life seemingly stuck in the in-between, on the threshold of an unsettled season, OR if you are experiencing loss or have experienced sorrow & grief in all its depth, shapes, and form & about ready to give up on life, OR if you want to love God with all of your heart, soul, mind, and strength, love others, and learn self-compassion in the middle of all these, then you are in the right place.

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Episodes

04. When Hope is Deferred

This podcast will not help you go back to being the person you were before experiencing loss. Most people associate grief and loss with only the death of a loved one. Yes, that is true. And it is big. But I’m also here to remind you that other losses can cause a disturbance to your sense of self and a significant change in your worldview. When you go through loss, for better or for worse, you change. You’re never the same person. I propose to you that grief, sorrow, and loss, including love, are...

Jul 01, 2024•18 min•Season 6Ep. 4

03. When You're Stuck in the Waiting

Perhaps, you are waiting to be healed from depression. You are waiting for anxiety to stop coming for you. Maybe you are waiting for your husband to come home, your wife to return, or your children to be a little more responsible. Maybe you’re waiting for a job interview, a job to open up, or an opportunity to earn an income again. Maybe you are wondering how your next bill will be paid for or waiting to be freed from addiction no one knows but you. Hindi man po natin maiintindihan bakit po kail...

Jun 24, 2024•16 min•Season 6Ep. 3

02. When Disappointments Come

Can I keep believing even when God appears to me as an enemy? Will I continue to trust in the goodness and kindness of God? Several theological reasons are offered for the problem of suffering. Some say it is because of sin, others say it’s because God wants to test us, or because of the freedom God has given humans to choose evil or good. These are not necessarily wrong, but when you are in the middle of disappointment, like I was, they often do not suffice. When we are suffering and disappoint...

Jun 17, 2024•14 min•Season 6Ep. 2

01. Introduction

Welcome to The Iman Diaries, your sanctuary for exploration and introspection about life, loss, and love, helping you find clarity and perhaps meaning and purpose despite it. If you go through life seemingly stuck in the middle, in the liminal between where you have been and where you want to be, on the threshold of an unsettled season and in a place where you can’t go back and you can’t stay here - wherever here is for you - but you also don’t know where to go. This podcast is for you. If you a...

Jun 10, 2024•8 min•Season 6Ep. 1

[2015] 06: Discovering Your Talent as a Single Person

Still in the Stewardship Series, Jabez and I talk about discovering your talents, gift, calling or purpose in your life and how to take good care of it. Being a good steward of the talents and skills the Lord Jesus Christ has given us is reflective of our appreciation to our Creator. We share our own experiences, how we discovered what we're good at and how we stay secure and not compare what we can and can't do with others can and can't do.

Jun 06, 2024•36 min•Season 1Ep. 6

[2015] 05: Time Management for Single People

Still in the Stewardship Series, Jabez and I talk about being mindful of our time. Being a good steward of the time that we have in our hands is reflective of our appreciation to our Creator. This episode is especially for single people but even if you are married, you might glean some young adult wisdom in our conversation that you can also apply in your married life.

May 30, 2024•38 min•Season 1Ep. 5

[2015] 04: Money Stewardship for the Single Person

This week, Jabez and I kick off our first topic for a new series - Stewardship. We talk about what stewardship is, in our own opinion, and how it relates to how we handle our personal finances.

May 23, 2024•38 min•Season 1Ep. 4

[2015] 03: Managing Emotions

Jabez and I started this episode by sharing our personal process of forgiving. This is in response to a listener's question who was asking us how to forgive. We say it's not an easy thing but it is doable and we can't fully forgive unless we have experienced God's forgiveness ourselves.

May 16, 2024•46 min•Season 1Ep. 3

[2015] 02: Dealing with Heartbreak

Jabez answer questions from the episode Over Thirty and Still Single. Also, we have categorized the kinds of heartbreak or break-ups that one may experience and we have a lively and interesting conversation about it. One or two of the categories we may have experienced ourselves.

May 09, 2024•40 min•Season 1Ep. 2

[2015] 01: Over 30 and Still Single

Jabez and I talk about the most common struggles that single ladies encounter as well as the three delightful moments of being single - at least in our own perspective.

May 02, 2024•43 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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