Category Archives: Healing

You complete me

Shadow work, just like the inner child work, is a partnership. It’s like a couple’s dance. When I learned salsa dancing, I realized precisely what it means to let my partner take the lead, and all I need to do … Continue reading

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Embracing my shadow: Integration, not elimination

In my previous post, I talked about some of the many ways that my shadow has shown up in my life. Has it gone away? Absolutely not. Because it isn’t meant to be driven away.  And doing so will cause … Continue reading

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Remembering my shadow

I find it interesting that the topic of my recent series of posts is the “inner child,” which included how I was synchronistically led to her, and recently, quite synchronistically, Debbie Ford, best-selling author and an internationally recognized expert in … Continue reading

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Reparenting the Child Within Workshop: Meeting my inner child for the first time, Part 2

It’s been years since I cried. And I sure did cry profusely during that fateful October 1999 weekend! I couldn’t even recall anymore when the last time was when I cried. Or even why I did.  The corporate world … Continue reading

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Reparenting the Child Within Workshop: Meeting my inner child for the first time, Part 1

Reparenting the Child Within is the very first psycho-spiritual personal growth workshop that I attended. Image source: http://lightworkers.org/ The first exercise on this unforgettable October 1999 weekend is an assessment of our childhood experiences and the extent of our childhood woundedness. … Continue reading

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Resentment of spiritual authority

I resent the spiritual teachers and healing practitioners who have not truly or fully embodied spirituality.  I resent those who have not integrated their physical, mental and emotional selves.  They have not done sufficient inner work yet they go around … Continue reading

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Giving myself a voice

Journaling has been very healing and therapeutic for me.  Writing has been a creative outlet for me to express myself. I have two folders that I keep in my laptop for my writing:  Journals and Blog Posts.  I also have … Continue reading

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Sometimes, the way to receive a gift is to give it

(This is a continuation of my earlier post, The Filipino (non-)concept of space.) Interacting with people whose values and way of life are opposite mine has been a source of my growth and learning.  Tremendous growth opportunity. Considering I’m dealing with … Continue reading

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The Filipino non-concept of space

(This is a continuation of my earlier post, Definining boundaries in the Filipino setting.) Over the years, as I’ve raised my vibrational frequency, I’ve become extremely sensitive to subtle energies.  I am an HSP. A highly sensitive person. “In her national … Continue reading

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Defining boundaries in the Filipino setting

(This is a continuation of my earlier post, The need for personal space.) Filipino people traditionally do not have a concept or sense of personal space or personal boundaries. Or their concept simply isn’t in alignment with mine. And this … Continue reading

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