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Anxiety over the New Normal
Career & Business / Covid / Press / Relationships
As of this writing, the Philippine government has not lifted the quarantine measures and there are no solutions in sight to handle the Wuhan virus and its effects on the…
Support for OFW
As the lockdown continues, there are soaring cases of child and spousal abuse. In this session, laws for protection are discussed. https://www.facebook.com/watchparty/3286683608032604/?entry_source=FEED
Stress in time of the Wuhan Virus
Covid / Mind & Meaning / Personal / Press
In this webinar, I talk about handling stress in the ‘new normal.’ The seafarers have such a challenge during this time because of the loss of a sizeable income plus…
WHERE IS SUZY
Training Internationally on CBT to handle Psychosis Cases
Professional Development / Where is Suzy
Being effective requires investing in international as well as local course. Each new course provides useful techniques to make me more adept in helping clients. In this course, I learned…
Women for the Win:
Lead psychologist for a discussion on misogyny in the workplace Last night was so much fun! many female industry leaders all in a single space all openly sharing the steps…
Narrative Training
Professional Development / Where is Suzy
Keeping up the pace and learning still more new interventions makes me more resourced to work the toughest cases. Incest and abuse cases are often inter-generational patterns of abuse that…
Rorschach!
Professional Development / Where is Suzy
That’s the Rorschach class late Thursday evening group coding a protocol as part of the learning process. here we are trying to code “dead bugs” on a rainy night. My…
POWER WITHIN
Be Who You Are
Many are scared to show their talents, skills, or to stand out unique as they are. They fear judgement, ridicule, labels, being discriminated upon, or thought of as ‘strange’. My…
Thinking Abundance Helps to Create Abundance
Covid / Personal / Power Within
Scarcity mentality Scarcity mindset or scarcity mentality in simplest terms is the belief that you will never be or have enough –whether its money, food, emotions —and as a result,…
Focus on Your Strengths When in Crisis
Covid / Mind & Meaning / Personal / Power Within
Covid-19 Challenge: Focusing on your strengths makes you more resilient Focus on your strengths We all have strengths: things we are good at; have thinking strategies that have to help…
PERSONAL
Are Couples Making Through the Pandemic?
Covid / Personal / Relationships
Many couples coming for therapy have asked if their bickering, snapping, and impatience is ‘the norm’ among marrieds during the pandemic. Rather than give an opinion, I did some research…
Always move towards your best self
A personal brand is not built on a single day. It is moulded through years and years of choices and chances: the projects you take, the alignments you make, where…
MIND & MEANING
The Good & the Bad Coexist Naturally
Mind & Meaning / Uncategorized
Artwork by Client Many times, we think we will be happy when pandemic is over, or when you get that new job, or get a new car, or get to…
Focus on what is Important
The pandemic has taken a toll on our work life. We are inordinately worried about keeping our jobs. And so, we try to please the boss or focus on getting…
Always move towards your best self
A personal brand is not built on a single day. It is moulded through years and years of choices and chances: the projects you take, the alignments you make, where…
LEADERSHIP
Focus on what is Important
The pandemic has taken a toll on our work life. We are inordinately worried about keeping our jobs. And so, we try to please the boss or focus on getting…
Getting from ‘No’ to ‘Yes’
Many tense up in negotiations and feel that ‘it is not going my way’ when client thumbs down their offer. They don’t realize that the ‘thumbs down’ is the best…
Resource Speaker for PVPI on Wellness in the workplace
Mental Health Speaker for Wellness in the Workplace My career has taken an unexpected turn …a happy happy turn of events. Because the pandemic has side-lined health in the workplace,…
Its a Wrap! Batch 8 of Ideaspace
Its amazing how these young guys had the grit to stick it though with their businesses despite the Pandemic. While big businesses close down, senior workers lose hope, designers and…
ABUSE
Women and Depression
Abuse / Mind & Meaning / Relationships
Studies worldwide indicate that women are at the greatest risk of developing depressive disorders in their 40s. The vulnerable state, hormonal fluctuations, role-stress, victimization, sex specific socialization, internalized coping style…
Working with OFW Families: Seafarers Workshop
Abuse / Personal / Relationships
Arianne Blanche, Advocate for Seafarers Wellness under CF Sharp Working with Arianne through the years has been very very fulfilling. Through her company, CF Sharp, we have been able to…
Yes, We Can Do More
Abuse / Mind & Meaning / Power Within
School of Life Management Team: Planning Workshop for the Beneficiaries Oftentimes, the problems of the broken hearted appear insurmountable. oftentimes, it feels like its useless to work on things. But,…
The Words That Cannot Be Said
Rape and Incest bring so much shame to the victim that they cannot even bring themselves to say the words. They stumble, hide behind their hair, eat the words, wring…
CAREER & BUSINESS
Winning is dependent on what you focus on.
Whether you are a winner or a loser, you re right. How you see yourself affects the way you project, communicate, and build relationships with people. Always choose to focus…
Medhyve Founder: I am my business’s best asset
Career & Business / Personal / Testimonial
The best resource of your career/ business/ family is YOU. Invest in your well-being to make it through these trying times: Identify your “why’ –the gut reason why you take…
Staying Employed During Covid
As cover rages on, many continue to lose work opportunities. Many executives are fearful to lose jobs and sources of income that it builds anxiety and worry. Having worked both…
SUICIDE
Cover Continues to Ravage
Covid / Suicide / Where is Suzy
As cover 19 continues to rave the Philippines, many of our brothers and sisters contemplate subside, fall into depression, become anxious. As a largely catholic nation, reliance and interpretation of…
RELATIONSHIPS
Are Couples Making Through the Pandemic?
Covid / Personal / Relationships
Many couples coming for therapy have asked if their bickering, snapping, and impatience is ‘the norm’ among marrieds during the pandemic. Rather than give an opinion, I did some research…
Art of Negotiation
Career & Business / Leadership / Relationships
Negotiations get stuck when there is a desire to put one over the other. The winner-takes-all mentality makes us do things which undermine honesty, integrity, and often lead to negativity,…
Anxiety over the New Normal
Career & Business / Covid / Press / Relationships
As of this writing, the Philippine government has not lifted the quarantine measures and there are no solutions in sight to handle the Wuhan virus and its effects on the…