January 2011
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inner strength
i had to tell my story today. this time, i told our MA guidance counselor. it was a routine interview for all new grad-students, and part of my file had data on the months i was being counseled at CEFAM.
telling my story is both exhilarating and scary. you never know what kinds of reactions you’re going to get. but there’s that strength that i have also learned to draw from it. these...
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wait til you see my smile by alicia keys
When the wind is blowing in your face sometimes in life you don’t see straight Pray to him He will show When your head is in a certain place Nobody around to make you safe Stand strong and you will grow oooooooooooooo wait till you see my smile oooooooooooooo wait till they see your smile don’t they love to see you down kick you while you are on the ground don’t...
“You are constantly told in depression that your judgment is compromised, but a...”
– Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression (via psychotherapy)
“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in...”
– Henry David Thoreau (Walden: Or, Life in the Woods)
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Why the responsible reporting of mental health... →
psychotherapy:
Ask people who have been diagnosed with a mental illness – especially a serious one like Schizophrenia – what they think about media coverage of the issue and certain words come up time and again. Words like: ‘offensive’, ‘stigmatising’, ‘sensationalist’, ‘inaccurate’ and ‘distorted’.
Similar terms are also used to describe the depiction of mental illness across the wider media...
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the gift of writing
Having written what now seems to be more than a thousand articles for the web, I have become accustomed to spinning random information, throwing witty introductions, and wrapping up my work within just a few minutes. was it good training? by several thousand folds, yes.
I remember the first time I decided to blog. It was called a livejournal and the term blogging hadn’t even been created....
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The Neuroscience of Music (Frontal Cortex) →
psychotherapy:
Why does music make us feel? On the one hand, music is a purely abstract art form, devoid of language or explicit ideas. The stories it tells are all subtlety and subtext. And yet, even though music says little, it still manages to touch us deep, to tickle some universal nerves. When listening to our favorite songs, our body betrays all the symptoms of emotional arousal. The...
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“its all part of a grander plan that IS coming true”
– Bless the broken road
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Woman, you are worth quite a lot
I decided to scroll down to one of the first e-mails in my inbox. Dated September 2005, I found this: Advice from Oprah about Men.
Enjoy the read, ladies.
~ Advice from Oprah about men ~ If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away. If he doesn’t want you, nothing can make him stay. Stop making excuses for a man and his behaviour. Allow your intuition (or spirit) to save you from...
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0_0 why.
OMG.
the very fact that he appeared in my dream last night is disturbing enough. what makes it worse is the fact that he was with my family. like he had made his way into our family gatherings and my cousins seemed to love him.
the only consolation? it was a dream and i didn’t panic.
i may no longer be shaking, but there’s a part of me that still shivers in disgust.
….UGH!
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satoshi jacobo AND olivia isabel
i am very happy to share with the world that our family was blessed with two new members in a span of 24-hours. both born on the same day, January 17 2011, my nephew Tosh (my personal nickname for him coz i love the restaurant) was first born in Manila to his proud parents - my brother sandro and his wife sheng. and then a few hours after, in Portland oregon, my niece Olivia was born to my...
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inspiration
i finally finished the book i began two weeks ago — Inspiration: Your ultimate calling. it was a very insightful read to say the least, and i was immediately compelled to write.
if there is anything that has saved me in my 24 years of existence it has been the ability to express myself through writing. words, like air, seem to come naturally to me. and writing is the best form of...
writer's loa
i realized that i have not been writing anything profound for my tumblr because i spend my weeks writing reflection papers for group therapy class.
hoping to write very soon….
XXX
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Watchwhy work doesn’t happen at work.
brilliant
“There is a fallacy that the powerful emotion of youth mellows with time. Not...”
– Nicole Krauss, Great House (via psychotherapy)
“You meet thousands of people and none of them really touch you.
and then you...”
– Love and other drugs
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I desire it. It will come to me.
I’ve been reading a book called Inspiration: Your Ultimate Calling. It has helped me reflect on a lot of things in this new year, and helped me look back at some of my relationships.
While writing a paper for Psy247 today, I reflected on my friendship with an old friend - possibly one of the best ones I’ve had to date - and thought of the opportunity he has given me to expand my own...
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Top 5 ways money can buy you happiness →
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Paulo Coelho's BRIDA -- one of my ultimate... →
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SELF EXPANSION is the new relationship motto :) →
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Awesome blog by a psychologist / artist -- "All I... →
December 2010
53 posts
lucky is what its going to be. i declare it. :)
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