What is Quiet Time & Why Teach It? Do you ever get time to sit quietly and just listen to the voice inside you? These days, we call checking our social media accounts during our break time at work or at home as “quiet time.” I’m guilty of this too, mama- there are times when I want to steal a ...read more
Mom Care I: How to Set-Up a Routine for the Filipino Mom
In today’s fast-paced, Industrialized world where you get confused about what you need to do today to what actually happened yesterday, having a routine can be a head-space saver. I couldn’t imagine waking up without some sort of a plan. As they say, if you don’t have a plan, you become a ...read more
9 Filipino Misconceptions About Therapy & Counseling
You don’t have to lift a finger to invite Filipinos in social gatherings. Fiestas, birthdays, bingo nights, casinos and a baby’s you- don’t- even- know -the -name baptism are filled with Filipinos looking for an excuse to celebrate. But, try gatherings that elicit conversations around parenting ...read more
When Self-Care Means Others-Care: How to Reconcile Both in Our Modern World
Why do women, particularly Filipino women have a hard time with the concept of self-care? We all know this stuff sounds and looks good. Instagram and Facebook posts are all over it from pedicured toenails to yoga poses that look painfully cute to strike. How self-care looks vary ...read more
Filipino Mom: The Keeper of their Children’s Hearts
All moms rule the world. They is no species better equipped to carry a baby with one-eye closed from drunken lack of sleep while still using a hand to make milk bottle whether from formula or otherwise. How babies’ vision can see the exact distance length of mamas holding them in ...read more
3 More Pinoy Love Languages: The Sequel
This is a sequel from my FREE Ebook called 5 Pinoy Love Languages. Same Language, Different Meanings The Filipino Language is as beautiful as it is complex. Within its beauty, embeds a language that contain nuances and unspoken messages that is a true feat to both novice ...read more
Filipinos on Affection and Heart-break: Can Broken-Heartedness Lead to Depression?
Filipinos Deep Love for Love In America,we have a tendency to clump all Asians together in our so-called cultural competence conversations. We are stereotyped or we stereotype each other as if we all salivate for the same kind of noodles (chowmein and pancit are siblings but ...read more
When You’ve Loved Deeply and Lost: 10 Ways to Heal the Pinoy/Filipino Heart
All Hearts Get Broken There is no said criteria or minimum qualifications you need to possess to have gone through a broken heart, a loss, or some kind of deep disappointment that rocks your world. If you’re human ( I guess that’s the only qualification), you’ve experienced this feeling. The ...read more
Filipinos and Their Contagious Laughter. The Power of Humor to Heal
Filipinos around the world are known for their hospitality. It’s not difficult to find a Filipino who’s willing to give up his/her master’s bedroom to provide a long-lost relative a place for refuge. But, one other undeniable characteristic of many Filipinos is their humor. ...read more
Filipino Parenting: 4 Tips to Effectively Teach Children How to Share
There are some core values in the Filipino household that remains unchanged whether your family migrated in the U.S., in Europe or continues to live in the islands- It’s the expectation to be generous to others. Sharing is caring mindset. Another, to see someone else ...read more