https://www.rappler.com/voices/imho/261558-opinion-how-practice-non-toxic-positivity/ Recently, an interesting term emerged in the discourse on framing and experiencing pain and struggles: toxic positivity. The phrase refers to the idea that we should remain positive at all times, regardless of circumstances, because that’s the only right way of dealing with things. Isn’t it an oxymoron? Because how can something positive be harmful? However, many who have… Continue reading How do you practice non-toxic positivity?
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Filipino family dynamics in times of crisis
https://www.rappler.com/voices/imho/258918-opinion-filipino-family-amid-coronavirus-crisis/ Weeks have passed since the enhanced community quarantine began in response to COVID-19. Situations unfolded rapidly, as the number of people directly affected by the virus escalated. While COVID-19 is primarily a health crisis, we have witnessed how it also is a psychosocial crisis, characterized by an experience of great fear – both real and… Continue reading Filipino family dynamics in times of crisis
Gender and Society book launching, clandestine conversations, at bakit mahalaga ang compassionate sex talks
Hayskul ako noon, fourth year, at nagbibiruan kami ng ilan kong kaibigan, "Ano ang gusto mong maging pagtanda mo?" Natatawa, sabi ko, dalawa ang gusto kong maging: una, gusto kong maging professor emeritus sa isang malaking unibersidad at pangalawa, gusto kong maging sex therapist. As of this writing, hindi ko pa technically naaabot ang dalawang… Continue reading Gender and Society book launching, clandestine conversations, at bakit mahalaga ang compassionate sex talks
Kuwentuhan sa Batuhan
Patakipsilim na at nakatambay kami sa isang pantalan sa Masbate. Kasama ang mga batang taga barangay, naglalaro kami ng salin-salita kung saan tina-translate namin sa Ingles, Filipino, at Minsabate ang mga salitang tumutukoy sa mga bagay na makikita sa paligid ng malawak na look. Habang tanaw ang papalubog na araw, tinanong ko ang isang batang… Continue reading Kuwentuhan sa Batuhan
Mental Health Professionals sa Pinas: Sino-Sino Sila?
Pangunahin sa mga palaging naitatanong ng mga taga-barangay sa mga pulong, training, o kaya ay iba pang aktibidad na may kaugnayan sa mental health ay ang pagkakaibaiba sa role ng counselor, psychologist, psychiatrist, at, recently nga, ng psychometrician. Ano-ano po ba ang pagkakapareho o pagkakaiba ng mga propesyong ito? ANALISA, 48, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORKER Malaki… Continue reading Mental Health Professionals sa Pinas: Sino-Sino Sila?
WIMLER Dubai, Philippines, partners hold outreach in Sitio Blaan
May 2-3, 2018—WIMLER-Dubai, in partnership with the Department of Education Cotabato province and the B/LGU, organized the annual two-day outreach activity in Sitio Blaan, a resettlement community in Kanibong, Tulunan, North Cotabato. Its adopt-a-school project has been forged with Kanibong Indigenous Peoples Elementary School, a school that caters to more than a hundred school children… Continue reading WIMLER Dubai, Philippines, partners hold outreach in Sitio Blaan
Lakas ng Pagbabago-FMP holds first ever nat’l PO summit
April 25-26, 2018 (Club Balai Isabel, Talisay, Batangas)—The Forestland Management Project (FMP), a project aiming to improve forestland management in critical river basins, made possible through a collaboration between the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), organized the first-ever national People’s Organization (PO) summit. While regional PO summits… Continue reading Lakas ng Pagbabago-FMP holds first ever nat’l PO summit
Climate change is a mental health concern: It’s human doing, after all
January 18, 2017 – It was a humid morning when a group of community people from San Jose, Tacloban gathered together to share their stories with us, three years after the catastrophic Yolanda. We’ve been in the same place sometime in January 2014, two months after the super-typhoon devastated the Visayas, for a mental health… Continue reading Climate change is a mental health concern: It’s human doing, after all
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