How a finance executive discovered that the best ROI is Return on Inner peace For 26 years, Ma. Angelica “Angge” Valencia lived by the numbers. Finance spreadsheets, performance metrics, back-to-back meetings that stretched from dawn...
Last week, someone I hadn't seen in years looked at me and said, "You haven't changed at all!" I smiled. Thanked her. And felt a little flutter of validation I'm not proud of. Because here's...
Last week, my husband and I were excited about seeing a movie we'd both been waiting for. Then we checked the showtimes. "Only showing is at 9pm," he said, already shaking his head. We looked...
By January 10, most resolutions are already on life support. The gym bag is back in the corner. The macros tracker hasn't been opened in days. And the Duolingo owl keeps sending sad faces as...
I'm a proud GenX-er. I was raised on MTV, OPM, and the firm belief that if you wanted something done right, you did it yourself. “Walang Himala!!!” (There is no miracle!) --as the transcendent movie once...
They told me to drink a full bottle of water an hour before my session. “We need your bladder full,” the nurse said gently, as if that were a normal thing to ask someone first...
Because sometimes growth isn’t about gaining—it’s about rising above what no longer serves. And thank goodness, because my mental storage was getting full anyway. Early this month, I was invited to an event hosted by...
A highly unscientific but emotionally accurate guide to discovering your inner superheroine during menopause. Menopause hits like a Metro Manila traffic jam: you’re secretly hoping that it won’t happen but regardless of how much you...
The first joke I ever heard from my dad involved a genie, three princes, and three wishes. There were three princes in a faraway kingdom, each granted one wish by a genie — but here’s...
