As a person with a disability myself, I believe that work is essential to self fulfillment. It is a way to earn and sustain your daily basic needs. Although I have struggled to be employed, sanity dictates that I am better when I get to work and be independent. However, this is not so for …
What is more important — the destination or the journey? I think knowing your destination is important. For example, when you ride a jeepney you know where it’s headed to and where you will stop or say “para”! Getting on a plane, boat or any transportation must show that you have a destination. Because, if …
Hocus Pocus is the drawing of attention to one thing while deterring it from reality. That is what perhaps, the news of Senator Imee Marcos pronouncements is doing right now – focusing on addiction rather than on the responsibility of government officials to answer for corruption charges. I know the drama is really demeaning but …
They say reality is a perceived way of looking at things. Yet, no two persons are exactly the same so how can you say that their realities are the same? In bouts of hallucinations from auditory to visual, it amazes the human mind for an explanation. For example, a mirage in the desert that’s totally …
‘Lo and behold! Senator JV Ejercito just filed a bill for anti-bullying and online harassment penal clauses. This is subsequent to a loss of life of Emman Atienza – a famous vlogger and mental health advocate. According to the legislator, social media serves as a platform to advocate for truth but it has also given …
Trigger warning: For emergency cases, call 911 for Baguio residents. Should you need help, don’t hesitate to reach out to a helping hand – be it a loved one, friend or mental health professional. I could not fathom the idea of losing someone especially to clinical depression. The hurt, the pain and the realizations are …
In a cold rainy day like this, we reach out for a warm hug or hot coffee or tea. When it’s hot, we look for some sodas or cold or iced milk tea. We have to combat cold with the warm and the warm with the cold. Going in the provinces which often called by …
What is fear? What are the things you are afraid of? Sometimes fears are fears but sometimes, you just have to face it and you will become a better person. Sometimes, you may fear water especially on a cold and freezing morning. It’s like – one day that you wake up feeling cold and don’t …
Today is Mental Health Awareness Week, not Mental Health Awareness Month. International Mental Health Awareness Month is in May and the regalia goes on. That is the irony of time, yesterday is different from today and from tomorrow. Today is October 9, 2025 specifically and exactly. There’s a clear difference from the now and the …
How to Find Hope? They say hope is hard to find especially when you’re in the darkest place. It’s hard to realize when you yourself are in a bad place. It’s hard to see with a blind eye. Hope is a vague word. It is a word that is subjective and can not be determined …
