Reflections about the Pandemic in 2020 — Written March 21, 2020 I have a habit of looking up to the sky, always marveling at the myriad of possibilities yet to be unraveled beyond it. …

How My Leader at Work Helped Me Heal — Looking back, I’ve had several episodes of troubling behavior, since my formative years until I was already an adult. My most recent episode was only in 2018 — I had another mental break down. I was rushed to the ER, admitted for a couple of days and was advised by…

Kindness, Keeping an Open Mind and Self-care — This was a brain dump about Mental Health from 2018 while I was on medical leave after having another mental breakdown. Having a Mental Health isn’t a tragedy. It only is if we continue staying indifferent. No one expects you to save anyone. WE CAN’T. But we can be always…

Are Your Thoughts Still Yours? — In May this year, I had the privilege of speaking with Camille Requiestas, Yoga Instructor, Life Coach and Meditation Coach. Our topic was specifically about mental health, but through the course of our conversation, I realized that staying mentally healthy requires self-love and self-awareness. In Yoga, we are always told…

A Reminder that Your Mental Health Journey isn’t Linear too — I couldn’t find my words for a while. I’m not sure why. Even when there’s too much to say, I get stuck. I guess I’ve been mulling over my intentions to post anything on social media lately — but that’s a different story. One of the things that I’ve been…

I remember my best friend telling me in 2018, “You should just do things that make you happy.” And like any other skeptic (a.k.a. a “normal” person in the “right” mind), I immediately dismissed the thought, thinking how naive it was. But is it, really? Why not? Why can’t we…

How The Pandemic is Proof that Mental Health is Real — Lately, a lot of people have been telling me how brave I am for sharing my story publicly. While I understand the sentiment, isn’t it strange that simply sharing my health publicly is deemed as bravery? It just goes to show how the stigma on mental health is still prevalent. …

My Addiction to a Tumultuous Life — Looking back, I’ve had several episodes of troubling behavior, all the way back since my formative years. They went unnoticed, so I didn’t get the appropriate intervention. These series of episodes persisted until I was already an adult. …

How Binary Thinking Hinders Us from Truly Understanding People — You’ll never know what someone is going through. Something we periodically remind ourselves when we’re making sense of other people’s behavior. But do we know what it truly means? I’ve been diagnosed with two mental disorders for years now and I’ve come to a point where I’ve accepted that being…