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There is a moment in every transformation that feels like disorientation. Not because something is wrong, but because something old has stopped working, and something new has not yet taken form. Most people call this being lost. It isn’t. It is being between selves....
Sundays used to be the hardest. When the kids were little and the house was loud, I used to crave silence even just a few minutes to breathe. But when they started spending weekends somewhere else, the silence became deafening. I didn’t know what to do with all...
It’s a Saturday and it’s movie night, well, for me at least. My children have better things to do on their own with their thing than to spend time with me watching old movies. I stumbled upon this quite old movie called “It’s Complicated” with Meryl Streep, Alec...
A new chapter unfolds. I’ve always felt like I hit a wall when it comes to writing on this blog. I felt like there’s nothing that I would want to write that my readers (if they’re still here) can still relate to. My life WAS an open book, it’s all here in...
Written by Julia Mitchell of Outspiration for Heart and Soul. In the Western world, we are often taught that better mental health begins in a therapist’s chairand ends with prescription medication. While there’s absolutely nothing wrong with seekingtherapy...
They say that if you really want something, you should always be very visual about it and be very clear of what you want. In my previous post, I have posted about what I learned from Deepak Chopra on how to manifest your soul mate or one true love. I am...
It’s 6 days into January and I still don’t have anything to write on this blog. But, I should be kind to myself, I didn’t write until the 8th day of January last year. Life has been too crazy and busy these past few months that I could not have time to sit...
Booked for a day tour at Stilts. Yes, Stilts at Calatagan, Batangas, also known as the Maldives of the Philippines, or so they say, because of the beautiful floating cottages.It's great to getaway from all the busyness and hustle of our daily life. We were...
It is just a few days after Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, because of a writing project, I needed to read on some of MLK Jr.'s speeches. I was inspired about his "I have a Dream" speech and the anaphora which showed much of his passion. I am no MLKjr,...
Watching the Lake House on HBO makes me want to believe in love again, and inspired me to write!I love watching movies, especially ones that are about love (and with Keanu in it). The Lake House is not a romcom, in fact, there's no part in that movie...
This post was originally published in my other blog A Day in the Life of Anne on August 25, 2013. Deepak Chopra said in one of his videos,” ..to manifest your soulmate, you have to know what qualities you want for your soul mate. Become those qualities and the...
Update: This is a post I wrote on August 24, 2013 in my old blog called A Day in the Life of Anne.Some of these have already manifested and I would write an update and a photo of it. In my other blog, I wrote about the importance of making a dream board which...