I’m no longer interested in meeting the man of my dreams. (Maybe it’s because I married him. 😄 As I’m writing this, we’re actually celebrating our wedding anniversary.) Instead, I’m excited to meet the woman in them. Who is she? She is the future version of me, someone who has made all those images pasted in […]
“I was so much braver when I was younger. Why can’t I be brave like that now?” We know the answer to that. As we get older, we feel we have more to lose. We know that some decisions don’t lead to the results we wanted or hoped for. We’ve been hurt and we no longer […]
Here are eight tiny tweaks you can make in your life this month to make it easier, better, lighter: 1. The life-changing magic of gratitude comes not from making the list of five things you appreciate. Rather, it’s about FEELING grateful after noticing and acknowledging all the good that’s already in your life. 2. Make a tiny change […]
“Filipino workers are the most stressed in Southeast Asia,” a news website screeched in alarm. According to a Gallup poll, 50% said that they felt stressed “a lot of the day” compared to our neighbors in Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Vietnam. I wondered: How did we get from being one of the happiest people in […]
Think back to who you were 10, 20 or even 30 years ago. What words of encouragement would you have needed to hear then? To myself 10 years ago, I would say: “It’s okay to leave that job. I know that it’s safe and it’s your comfort zone. But the adventures you’ll have, the realizations […]
If you’ve been following me on Instagram, you would know that in early May, I finally got COVID (and it was NOT a mild case). Because I still have some COVID brain, I am sharing words from others that have made me realize a deeper truth about my life or changed my perspective. Hopefully, some of […]
