How did I know that I have already healed from my depression, trauma, broken heart, unhealthy and toxic habits and the other emotional baggages that I have been carrying and all the intrusive thoughts that made me feel like I was going to make a Guiness World record or even deserving to become an Olympic gold medalist for overthinking? … Read More 23 Signs That You Are Healing Emotionally
Time flies. How can I be 36 when days before I turned 30 and the next five years that followed, my constant wish was to die? I survived and I can’t believe I am saying how excited I am for what the future will bring, what kind of adventures I will still embark on and what life lessons I will still learn and count them even if it’s not my birthday. … Read More 65 Life Lessons on my 36th Birthday
Life audit is like doing an inventory in businesses to see what office supplies does the company still have, what needs to be bought, what needs to be paid etc. and doing this for our lives means that we pause for a bit to reflect, check every aspect of our lives to know if we are where we really want to be and what can we do or change if not.… Read More Questions to Ask Yourself at the End of Every Month
books literally helped me heal from my depression, opened my eyes to different possibilities in life, explored my interests, showed me what my passions are and walked me through a very dark stage of my spiritual awakening without seeking professional help… Read More Books that Helped me Heal Without Professional Help
My best friend’s son attempted suicide and even after a couple of days have passed, I still don’t know how I feel and what I really think about it. I don’t know what I feel and think until I write about it. My brain couldn’t stop flashing the scenes described by my best friend as she hurriedly made her way to the airport. With the urgency of the situation, my poor best friend still had to face a nearly two hour train ride to the airport and a nearly 14 hour flight to Manila and the horrible drive to the hospital.… Read More My Best Friend’s Son Attempted Suicide
I realized that every person I meet now is meant to teach me something, trigger something in me that needs healing or discover more things about myself.… Read More MY DETOX JOURNEY: HOW MY DETOX SMOOTHIES IMPROVED MY MENTAL HEALTH
According to Wikipedia, “Affirmations in New Thought and New Age terminology refer primarily to the practice of positive thinking and self-empowerment—fostering a belief that “a positive mental attitude supported by affirmations will achieve success in anything.”… Read More 9 Powerful Affirmations for Self-Love and Healing
This year, I am spending New Year’s Eve alone yet the feeling is not the same any more.
I guess, some things have to happen twice or thrice to check if we learned, if we healed or if we still feel the same way. Or maybe for the Universe to check if we are aware of our own patterns, or heck, of ourselves.… Read More Alone not Lonely: A New Year Journal Entry
I must learn to accept that this defeat is intending to teach me lessons and letting the chapter end so I could slide into a new and promising one. … Read More 9 Ways to Get Through Tough Times
I thought that they would sense the zero self-love and respect I had for myself or for having not getting my life in order. Why? Because I grew up in a culture where “What will the others think/say??” is more important than what you actually want and feel.… Read More 4 Podcasts I Listen to When I Can’t Get my Sh*t Together