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Bounce Back. Stay Motivated And Fight Off the Urge to Give Up. You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down. ~ Charles Chaplin It’s over three years since I lost my corporate job and fell into

What I would have advised myself, a young single mom. It’s Mother’s Day and I am still at a loss on how to celebrate it with my mom. We usually take a short vacation lugging our weeklong summer paraphernalia

Seeing someone you love, shake off depression is something I never thought I would experience. My sister is young and an extrovert. She is both comfortable surrounded by peers and strangers. I remember

Taking back Boracay Island or is it “Paradise Lost”? News of Boracay’s shutdown brought made me sad. My initial reaction was how to get back to the island before the April 26-shutdown date. I wanted to

Is Forgiving more than Letting Go and Moving on? After having my flat broken into, illegally terminated and betrayed by a friend, I just have so much emotional baggage. For years now, I have harbored so

New Studies Reveal Procrastinator Is Really A Fearless Optimist. The panic monster is back and you can hear him roar. Your adrenaline level is way up as you type in the last three paragraphs of your news

The panic monster is back and you can hear him roar. Your adrenaline level is way up as you type in the last three paragraphs of your news story. You do a cursory reading looking for missing words that

Escaping the city when summer comes, it is but natural to want to bask under the sun, wiggle your toes in the fine white sand, take a dip in clear emerald waters and if you are a millennial, take an unlimited

Hola! My name is Shala and I’m 35. I was born and raised here in Manila, Philippines and I plan to stay here for the rest of my life. I am not so easy to understand. I don't conform. I am angry, but I

With the recent conclusion of the yearly beauty pageant Binibining Pilipinas, where "Pinays" with long legs, foreign surnames, and even longer hair parade their beauty and poise, it got me thinking