Tag: mentalhealthsupport
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Interviewing a Filipino therapist
I am so excited to share this conversation with you! Speaking with fellow Filipinos face to face about mental health is so difficult. Moreover, finding a therapist who understands the culture is even harder especially in the Filipino community. So when I found Roanne on Instagram, I was so excited to connect with her. We…
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Series: Parenting a child with mental illness – Managing daily life
Welcome back!This is part three of a four part series on parenting kids with mental illness. If you haven’t read my first post, you can catch up here . Being a Mom of teens is no walk in the park. I do not recommend parenting four teen girls at the same time. Now don’t get…
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Husband’s reaction to mental illness
I joke a lot about how my husband wouldn’t survive if we got a divorce. In my defense, he also jokes about how he isn’t able to function without my help either. While playful banter comes easy to us on a daily basis, mustering up the courage to tell him about my depression felt next…
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Moxie and close rank formation
I adore Jen Hatmaker. I’ve been a fan of hers for years. She is a fellow mom of five like me, so she understands the organized chaos that is my life. She is an apologetically scatterbrained, down to earth Christian woman — my kinda friend. Her blog, books, and social medias are filled with so…
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Something is wrong with me
Self diagnosis was the beginning of my mental health journey. I had felt “off” for months and decided to utilize “Doctor Google” to confirm my gut feeling. While I do not encourage consulting the internet for every little problem — and maybe becoming a little bit of a hypochondriac in the process — it confirmed…
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Blog launch – It’s here!
Welcome to the official blog launch of The Filipino Mom! I cannot find the right words to express the amount of gratitude I feel to be able to share my experiences with you. God has put this blog on my heart for a while now. As per usual, my obedience is slow coming. I pray…