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
How To Get Your Spouse to Listen: 7 Communication Hacks that Will Change the Your Relationship
Does talking to your husband/partner seem more like a monologue? Do you end up more frustrated than relieved after vomiting the details of your stressful day at work or the daily grind with those kids, aheem, your kids? And, does it feel like hubby tries his best to listen but just ...read more
Filipinos in Counseling: Sino Ang Tunay na Baliw ( Who’s the crazy one)?
Baliw is a Filipino word that means “crazy,” insane, deluded, maniac and some other words that basically mean sick in the head. It’s one word that you don’t want used to describe you. In the islands, if you’re a jokester (maloko) and are pretty successful with making other people laugh, ...read more
Lost and Found: Losing Our Language Identity, Forgiving Our Parents and Finding Our Way Back
Everyone in your family claims that they speak or at least can converse in English, right? No question, we’re the proud, brown bi-lingual, island people from Asia and our people and country have surely capitalized on this gift. Philippines has been coined as the Capital of Call Centers in the World ...read more
Filipinas in Interracial Marriages: 11 Ways To Know You’re Married To One
Filipinos Americans are more likely than other Asian-American groups to marry outside their race. You’ve heard some people say, “some of ‘ ma friends are Black/ Mexicans,” when trying to defend their spirit of inclusivity (ability to include others even in the outside group). For many families, ...read more