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Before And After

October 21, 2026 · 21 min

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BEFORE & AFTER


We shouldn’t need to lose something to finally understandwhat it was worth.


🎙️ BEYOND THIS BY ZAHEERAH BHAM ISMAIL

Season 2- Episode 33

Sometimes it’s a diagnosis.

Sometimes it’s a phone call.

A loss.

A goodbye.

A relationship ending.

A future suddenly looking completely different from the one we imagined.

There are moments in life that quietly divide our storiesinto before and after.

In this deeply reflective solo episode, Zaheerah speaksabout illness, grief, the losses nobody sees, supporting the people we love andwhat happens when watching someone else’s life change begins to change the waywe see our own.

Not every painful experience needs to become a lesson.Sometimes faith doesn’t remove the ache. It gives us somewhere to take it.


Link to full episode: https://youtu.be/lanLFhntNfQ

Life’s fragile moments can also remind us to notice what isstill here.

To love more openly.

To forgive sooner.

To appreciate ordinary days.

And to stop waiting for loss to teach us the value of what we already have.


🎙️ Beyond This by Zaheerah Bham Ismail


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