Albert and I used to be the best of friends. I knew him since grade school and because we were neighbors, we always had reasons to spend time together like working on our assignments and projects, playing during semester breaks and participating in some of our community events. So, you can’t really blame me for…
There is a disturbing trend in our community. Women are using laxatives to lose weight. It may appear to be an easy way out but it’s not. It causes more problems than you can even imagine. It can cause temporary damage but it can also cause permanent damage to your body. It is an addictive…
There are many health benefits to breastfeeding and scientists just found another one. Studies show that the longer moms breastfeed their kids (up to a year), the more intelligent they become (at ages 3 and 7). Let me explain. 1. Breastfeeding is Tied to Intelligence In the study, infants were nursed by their mothers for…
Before my friend Karen quit her job of 10 years, she told me that she wasn’t unhappy or discontented at all with how her life was going. In fact, she felt a little sad for leaving people who became part of her life. However, she just couldn’t resist the urge anymore to expand her horizons…
It is indeed true that life is full of unpleasant circumstances, but what most of us fail to see is that it also comes with lessons necessary for our growth as individuals and for upgrading our quality of life. Five years ago, I was very disappointed with myself. While some of my friends were already…
There are so many lessons in life that you can’t learn in a classroom, find in a textbook, or watch and truly grasp through a video on the internet (nope sorry, not even with V.R.). Let me site some examples: I didn’t know that falling in love could be so ugly until my boyfriend left…
Many people get lost on the path to their destiny because they are not living in alignment with their soul’s desire. I used to be one of them. After I graduated from high school, I had a hard time deciding what college courses to pursue because I didn’t have any idea of what I wanted…
So, you’ve got a lot of problems in life, but have you ever considered the possibility that you might be the one causing some of the troubles in your life? The other day, my friend Deena called me crying. She said that she caught her boyfriend cheating on her again for the up-teenth time. She…
My cousin Sheena never runs out of something to complain about. She complains about her noisy neighbors, the price of commodities, how hard her job is, how she is gaining weight faster than the other people she knows and how lazy the attendant in the gas station is. Believe me, if you’re the type of…
Ladies I know that when it comes to being happy there are a million ways to achieve it. You can follow your ego around all the time, letting it get you into trouble and occasionally experiencing something that feels like happiness. Or you can begin to understand that always giving into your emotions of self-satisfaction…