“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 […]
If you want to read about Courageous Women, try Her Extraordinary Life, How I Quit My Day Job and The Courage Series stories. Do you want to live a more heart-crafted life? Here are my favorite posts: Dear future client Six ways to craft a life you love How to have a love story with your life […]
In 2025, I wish for you to know your worth, to truly understand in the deepest part of you that you are enough. I wish for you the courage to speak up, to stand tall, to take the first step, to continue walking, to follow that unseen path, to reach, to risk, to ask, to […]
These were the stories I used to tell myself: “I’m the ugly best friend.” “I’m best behind the scenes.” “I’m a starter, not a finisher.” “I’m a writer, not an editor.” “I’m an editor, not a writer.” (This is dependent on what part of the novel writing process I’m in.) “It’s too hard. I can’t do it.” […]
Here are some life coaching hacks/pieces of advice that I have picked up over the years as a coach. As always, take what resonates and leave the rest behind. 1. Never underestimate the power of tiny. Last year, I remember laboring through the prompts of my annual 31-day journaling challenge and breathing a big sigh […]
In From Strength to Strength, my latest pick for the Life Coaching Book Club, I found this quote: “You Westerners see art as being created from nothing. In the East, we believe that the art already exists, and our job is simply to reveal it. It is not visible because we add something but because we […]
This time last year, I made this commitment as part of my Journey to 50: I would exercise every day for the next three months. And I did. When that quarter was over, my body wanted to keep going. Since then, I’ve been exercising at least five days a week for the past year. I […]
It was high tide. And we were on a bangka (boat) heading towards Apo Island to swim with the giant turtles. As Atomic Kitten sang, “the tide is high but I’m holding on,” I was holding on for dear life, my fists clenched white-knuckled around one of the bangka’s posts as the boat bounced on […]
