Nafs Center — A Project of Muslim Association of Puget Sound

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Our mission is to promote spiritual wellness through Islamic spiritual well-being and Islamic Psychology. We offer lectures and partner with leading Islamic Psychology experts around the world to share authentic spiritual knowledge. We provide accessible educational resources, including articles, book references, and carefully curated guidance, and we develop training for spiritual coaches to support people through an Islamic spiritual framework.

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Coming soon · Exclusive members-only programs

Exclusive programs, for members first

Courses in Islamic Psychology, family mediation and training for spiritual coaches are on their way, and members hear first.

Coming soon

Courses in Islamic Psychology

Structured learning with scholars and practitioners, for members.

Coming soon

Family mediation

A trained circle helping families find their way through conflict, within an Islamic spiritual framework.

Coming soon

Training for spiritual coaches

Learn to support people through an Islamic spiritual framework.

Register free today and be the first to know.

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Registration is free and takes a minute with your Google account. We ask for your name, your phone number and the programs that interest you, and use them only to tell you about programs.

Lecture series

Nafs Center announces five part lecture series

Nafs Center is honored to announce a special five-lecture series with Dr. Francesca Al-Daqre, focused on spiritual wellness issues impacting our community through the lens of Islamic spiritual well-being and Islamic Psychology.

Complimentary child care and dinner. Sat 14 Nov 2026 @ 7pm at MAPS Redmond

Lecture 5: The Entitled Child and the Exhausted Parent: Narcissism in Family Systems

Saturday, November 14 at 7:00 PM Pacific Time

This final lecture looks at how patterns of entitlement, control, shame, and woundedness can develop within family systems. It examines how character is shaped in relationships and how Islamic Psychology can help parents and adult children better understand what has been cultivated, inherited, and transmitted.

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Lecture 1: The Map Was Always There: An Introduction to Islamic Psychology

Saturday, June 13 at 7:00 PM Pacific Time

This opening lecture introduces Islamic Psychology as a rich, deeply rooted tradition for understanding the human soul. Participants will explore concepts such as qalb, nafs, and rūḥ, and begin to see spiritual wellness through the language and framework of the Islamic tradition.

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Lecture 2: Arrogance (Kibr) and Imposter Syndrome

Saturday, July 25 at 7:00 PM Pacific Time

This lecture examines the relationship between arrogance, low self-esteem, and imposter syndrome through the lens of Islamic Psychology. Drawing on classical insights, including al-Ghazālī’s understanding of the diseases of the heart, it explores how both self-inflation and self-fixation can arise from the same spiritual root.

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Lecture 3: My Husband Is Not My Therapist: The Psychology of Muslim Marriages

Saturday, September 12 at 7:00 PM Pacific Time

This lecture reframes Muslim marriage as a sacred covenant between two souls, rather than a relationship expected to meet every emotional need. It explores common patterns of marital struggle through concepts such as kibr, vulnerability, admiration, and the inner work required for healthier relationships.

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Lecture 4: Screen & Soul: Breaking Free from Digital Addiction

Saturday, October 17 at 6:30 PM Pacific Time

This lecture addresses screen addiction with seriousness, compassion, and spiritual clarity. It explores how endless scrolling, social media, and gaming capture the attention of the nafs, bringing together Islamic spiritual insights and contemporary understandings of attention, habit, and reward pathways.

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The Human Being in Islamic Psychology

Nafs, Qalb, Rūḥ, and Fiṭra — What You Are Made Of Western psychology works with one map of the human being: a brain, a history, and a set of behaviours. ʿIlm al-nafs — Islamic Psychology — works with a different map. Understanding it is the starting point for everything else. The human being, in the […]

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