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24 Jul 2012

How We Overcome the Loss of My Dad

He lay there, motionless and empty of life. I didn’t know, but there was a comforting feeling that my dad wasn’t there anymore as I was staring at him that grieving morning. I say it was comforting because I knew he was somewhere else – some wonderful, well-lighted, glorious and happy place. For me, he has just gone ahead. The entire family will reunite with him in the future. But losing him is still painful.

My dad passed away eleven days ago. It was a painful and difficult major event in our life as a family. But the loss and grief  (continue reading…)

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14 Jun 2012
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Self- Development and Menopause: Will You Be Ready? Six Factors to Tell

Do you sometimes enter a room and wonder what brought you there? They call it “brain freeze”. It’s like momentarily entering a no-memory zone. It happens to me. Chances are it happens to you, too. Sometimes I look for my mobile phone while I text. These last couple of years I’m also starting to have night sweats which are just unbearable. It’s actually this sudden surge of body heat which convinced me I’m in, congratulations to me. This is menopause (yes, already) at its early stage. Okay, let’s call it peri-menopause. Whichever way you call it, symptoms are the same.

If you are also starting your own menopause journey, welcome to the world’s largest most unorganized club. We are running by the hundreds of thousands daily and the amount of heat we generate is enough to start a new global warming. That is why for me, it’s a big question why we don’t talk about menopause more often. It is either we regard it as just a silent passage where everybody goes through and then come out without making noise.

But menopause symptoms are not easy to manage. (continue reading)

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22 May 2012

Four Inner Monsters that Sabotage Your Relationship

No, you don’t normally see yourself nurturing a monster. But your partner hears it loud and clear through the way you act and speak. Learn to recognize the monster’s voice so you can cut its head and save your relationship.

1. The Inner Taker

Love shows itself through a mutual give and take relationship. Are you a giver or a taker? Ideally, you should be both. But many relationships fail because everybody wants being the taker and seldom the giver. How can you tell which one you are?

You are nurturing an ugly taker even if you always give when you do it with a “you owe me attitude.” This is a sign that you need to save your relationship before it’s out of hand. You give away favor in exchange of another one. In fact you strive to give more so you can keep more, do more so you can take greater control and hold your partner captive …(Continue Reading)

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17 May 2012
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A Breakthrough Question on Self- Development: Don’t You Think You Are Smart?

If you were like most people, you may wonder why you under-achieve when you know you are undoubtedly smart (ok, sometimes you doubt that, too).  Or you may think others are smart and you are dumb because they get higher grades in school, figure things out much quicker, and are more successful in their careers than you.

Why do you keep on doubting your capacity to learn? I’m sure something happened which resulted to your frame of mind.

Somebody said you are not smart

If you were like me, somebody told you while you are too young that you are not smart. Or you might have heard it just recently. It doesn’t matter when. It comes with the same negative imprint in your mind.

My school teacher encouraged us to save in coin banks when I was six years old. After a few months she had each of us open an account at a local bank. It was my first time to see what a bank looked like and filling out an application for a savings account (I wonder why we had to do it by ourselves) made me nervous.

Somehow I got things mixed up ..(continue reading)

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14 May 2012

Five Signs Your Life is Out of Balance

Are you starting to experience symptoms of stress in your life lately? Are frictions in your relationships get too many to handle? Do you feel burned out? Your life might be out of balance and you are not alone. Identify these five signs and know how to eliminate them.

A jumbled workspace

I have noticed that when I’m in full control of my life my workspace is more organized and most (if not all) papers filed neatly in place. I have practiced TRAFing (Throw, Refer, Act, File) and it has helped me with paper management. I have also learned though that certain personality traits affect the way a person arranges his workspace (thank God!). But it’s a different story if your desk is always a mess. (Continue Reading…)

 

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10 May 2012
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Want to Balance Your Life? Stop Trying too Hard

Are you tired of trying to create a balance in your life? You are not alone and it’s about time you stop trying too hard.

Learn how you can live a full life and not feel guilty of not being able to strike a balance. Bookmark this page and read my post soon.

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