Dream to Rise

When we help others, we can feel good about ourselves and our contributions to society. However, if we help too much or too often, we can become emotionally drained and overwhelmed. This can lead to burnout, which is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. It occurs when you feel overwhelmed, emotionally drained, and unable to meet constant d...

Parenting is hard no matter how you slice it. You’re responsible for raising, shaping, and disciplining a small human. The stakes are high, and the consequences are weighty. You want your child to be healthy, safe, and successful — so it’s no wonder that you may find yourself helping a little  too  much or stepping in to save the day anytime something goes slightly awry. But that incessant “helico...

“Why do I keep doing this?” “How does this keep happening to me?” You might ask yourself these questions when you feel trapped in patterns that create problems in your life and keep you from achieving your goals. Although you try to make changes and disrupt these patterns, somehow you end up in the same place, again and again. If this sounds familiar, you could be sabotaging yourself. Self-sabotag...

Have you experienced fear in your life?  How did this impact your health and well-being?  Your relationships?  Your performance?  Are you happy?  Do you feel you are always in the dark?  Why? Fear is something that can paralyze a person. However, anyone can learn how to deal with their fears. The main problem that people face when it comes to their fears is that they want to cling to the fear beca...

Have you experienced being raised full of anger within the family?  When we’re angry, it’s possible to experience other feelings such as fear (of inflicting harm to ourselves or others) or disgust (for the person or thing blocking you from your goal). If you were taught that feeling anger is “bad”, you might even feel embarrassed or shameful for having felt the emotion at all. Furthermore, if you...

Have you experienced a loss of a loved one who has been veryclosed to you since childhood?  You feel that he/she was your twin or others might even say their soulmate. Grief has the power to change a person.  Profound grief can change a person's psychology and personality forever. The initial changes that occur immediately after suffering a significant loss may go unnoticed for several weeks o...

Have you gone through a divorce?  How did you handle it?  Did you blame yourself for what happened? It’s common to blame yourself for the end of your marriage, even if there was no one specific thing that caused it. Maybe you think you should have tried harder, or perhaps you feel like you could have done something to prevent the divorce. Whatever the difficulty, there is not only one cause.  Ther...

When you have gone through so much in life, what do you focus on, especially when you start at a very young age?  I am sure, it is so hard for you to cope up with all the things happening around you.  You don’t know where to position yourself.  If you don’t have the support that you need, you just give up. I want you to listen to our guest speaker, Lee Krywko.  He is a person whom I admire so much...

When you have gone through so much in life, what do you focus on, especially when you start at a very young age?  I am sure, it is so hard for you to cope up with all the things happening around you.  You don’t know where to position yourself.  If you don’t have the support that you need, you just give up. I want you to listen to our guest speaker, Lee Krywko.  He is a person whom I admire so much...

I am sure you’ve had countless times in your life when you wanted God to speak to you, but you almost went deaf from His silence. And I wouldn’t be surprised if you’ve blown your top in frustration more than once, waiting for a response that never seems to come. Maybe you’re there now. Praying for clear direction—a vision, dream, or word—so you can know  exactly  what to do. And waiting, waiting,...

I am sure you’ve had countless times in your life when you wanted God to speak to you, but you almost went deaf from His silence. And I wouldn’t be surprised if you’ve blown your top in frustration more than once, waiting for a response that never seems to come. Maybe you’re there now. Praying for clear direction—a vision, dream, or word—so you can know  exactly  what to do. And waiting, waiting,...

How do you see yourself? Do you see yourself as just a follower because you are unsure if you’ll be able to achieve what is expected from you? Are you doubting yourself?  Are you having difficulty changing your self-image? Self-image is how we picture ourselves of what we want to become. So how can we change that? Try visualization. Hold the image of the person of what you want to be. Look at...

Have you been in a situation wherein you were scared to speak the truth because you are scared of your life or someone else’s life? Most of the time, we would just keep quiet and turn into habits which in the long run would destroy our well-being and our life completely. Research shows that trauma survivors suffer more illnesses. For example, the Adverse Childhood Experience Study found that survi...

Have you been in a situation wherein you were scared to speak the truth because you are scared of your life or someone else’s life? Most of the time, we would just keep quiet and turn into habits which in the long run would destroy our well-being and our life completely. Research shows that trauma survivors suffer more illnesses. For example, the Adverse Childhood Experience Study found that survi...

There was a time when I’ve been feeling very low, and very lost. It feels like every time I’m nearly a new decade of life, I suddenly go into a state of confusion and find myself asking what the point is to it all. I kept asking why do I have to experience this? I found myself feeling very low, unmotivated, and uninspired by life in general. I would like to share with you how I was able to work on...

Based on the study conducted by AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving , they found that 43.5 million Americans provided unpaid care for a relative or friend during the prior 12-month period. That’s more than 13% of the population — a lot of caregivers. And numbers are growing. But how does it feel to become one? I have heard a lot of caregivers, especially taking care of their elders, felt...

What happens when you think you have lost your purpose? While we were still young, for sure, we have always created our dreams and some even have discovered their purpose. All their life, they have visualized themselves already living their dream. What happens when suddenly your dream is starting to show uncertainty? When your passion gets tough, your entire life — your choices, your values, your...

Everyone goes through adversities. However, not everyone grows through them. In the face of adversity, growth is not an exclusive experience for the strong-willed. It is not an issue of how strong or how weak a person is, but about how willing they are to grow stronger or to outgrow their own weaknesses. When I asked someone going through struggles, I asked him these two questions: “How do you fee...

Why do some people choose fear instead of courage? It takes courage to say No. Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear. So, don’t be afraid to say NO to any opportunity that you meet in life. We never know what we can accomplish until we dare to try. It takes courage and determination. Knowing what we want, having goals and not...

Why do some people choose fear instead of courage? It takes courage to say No. Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear. So, don’t be afraid to say NO to any opportunity that you meet in life. We never know what we can accomplish until we dare to try. It takes courage and determination. Knowing what we want, having goals and not...

Is it really hard to leave a narcissist? How come a lot of women are having difficulty leaving a narcissist? How can you leave a narcissist safely and peacefully? First of all, what is a narcissist? A narcissist is someone who only cares about themselves and nobody else. A narcissist will really bring down other people, sometimes physically harming them, in an effort to elevate themselves by compa...

Is it really hard to leave a narcissist? How come a lot of women are having difficulty leaving a narcissist? How can you leave a narcissist safely and peacefully? First of all, what is a narcissist? A narcissist is someone who only cares about themselves and nobody else. A narcissist will really bring down other people, sometimes physically harming them, in an effort to elevate themselves by compa...

What makes retirement the best time of life? If you are given the time and money freedom, what would you love to do, to be, to have, to create and to give? I have heard people say that I would love to retire but I am not yet ready. What will make you ready? Is it the money? Is it your health? Is it your time building deeper and meaningful relationships with your spouse, children, family and friend...

What makes retirement the best time of life? If you are given the time and money freedom, what would you love to do, to be, to have, to create and to give? I have heard people say that I would love to retire but I am not yet ready. What will make you ready? Is it the money? Is it your health? Is it your time building deeper and meaningful relationships with your spouse, children, family and friend...

Loving yourself after trauma is accepting that it will not be easy. You will see yourself as an entirely different person, as you are certainly not the same. Loving yourself after trauma is committing to yourself. It is committing to your background, knowing where you’ve been and how you will move on. Loving yourself is learning how to move on from trauma but also how to use it to your advantage....