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The Culture Isn’t Toxic, It’s The Abuse of Kindness That Makes It Toxic

by Sonnie Santos | May 1, 2024 | Resilience | 0 comments

The culture is not toxic itself, which is rooted in familial love. The toxicity arises when recipients of kindness take advantage of it.

Keep Your Mental Composure With Talk Therapy Or Prayer

by Sonnie Santos | Apr 10, 2022 | Resilience, Wellness | 0 comments

Psychotherapy is used to identify issues that cause mental illness and to understand how these stressors are affecting a patient’s life

What To Do When You Fall Victim To Unfair Debt Collection Practices

by Sonnie Santos | Mar 25, 2022 | Resilience | 0 comments

When borrowing money is made easy and people are desperate, people turn to online lending apps to make ends meet. 

When Tatay Got COVID-19, Our Story

by Sonnie Santos | Aug 17, 2021 | Thankful Attitude | 0 comments

Do not be misled that a mild covid-19 symptom is, well “mild”. Home care is doable, but still terrifying if you are in the midst of surge, hospital overflow, and medical oxygen shortage. Be prepared and equipped.

When HR Sabotages Itself

by Sonnie Santos | Aug 15, 2020 | Servant Leadership | 1 comment

HR work is devalued when the framework allow misuse of generosity and affection for our job.

Can Mental Health Initiatives Affect Resilient Work Environment?

by Sonnie Santos | Jan 21, 2020 | Resilience | 0 comments

The challenge of advocating mental health in the workplace is addressing real cases but not indirectly creating a less resilient work environment.

Transactional Leadership Better For Mental Health

by Sonnie Santos | Jun 24, 2019 | Resilience | 1 comment

90% of pax to my leadership workshop are investing emotionally to their team. They are also heartbroken when these investments were not returned

When Someone Reached Out, Listen With Your Heart

by Sonnie Santos | Nov 10, 2016 | Resilience | 2 comments

There will be times in our life when we get ourselves in deep trouble, whether it’s our own doing or not. In times like these, we need to talk to someone.

Jesus and the Cross- 4 Steps to a Resilient Life

by Sonnie Santos | Mar 31, 2013 | Spiritual Intelligence | 19 comments

Observing holy week is about learning the pattern set by Jesus so we too, can have a mentally resilient life

Stress Management

by Sonnie Santos | Feb 4, 2008 | Grit, Spiritual Intelligence | 5 comments

Different authors suggest different ways of stress management, but for purposes of this blog, let’s look at how Jesus manage stress.

Faith or Fear? Your Mental Health Depends on It

by Sonnie Santos | Aug 16, 2007 | Resilience, Spiritual Intelligence | 18 comments

Faith and fear are opposites but the same. The same because both sources their power from you– the confident expectation of your future or your belief of what will happen to you. But they are opposites because faith believes something good can happen in the future, while fear expects the opposite.

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