It’s the circumstances that are driving you crazy. It’s not you. That’s how it feels like when you go through...
Food was one of my father’s love languages. Yesterday, a young friend sent over some delicious lengua with mushrooms, and...
Jean was love personified. Pretty and petite, she had a frail build that belied the courage and strength within. Her...
Her bright and cheerful presence could fill an entire room. From her patients and their families, to her mentees, colleagues,...
How does one stay emotionally and socially connected while being physically apart? Social and emotional connection are important elements in...
It felt like I was the last woman standing. All these years, I had never caved in to the call...
“A loved one wishes to inherit nice things from you. Not all things from you.”—Margaretta Magnusson, “The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning”
Depression wears many faces. It isn’t always the stereotype of gloom and doom.
It’s been almost three years since Julia Buencamino, youngest child of award-winning film and theater actors Nonie Buencamino and Shamaine Centenera, died by suicide. Though the journey has been long and arduous, and there are still days when the pain is unbearable, today, the couple is in a much better place, where their personal advocacy is to ensure that parents and caregivers of people with mental health issues keep talking and listening more to those who are under their care.
Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time with the super seniors—those who are 75 years old and...
