Happy Women’s Month! This episode shares statistics on Violence Against Women (VAW) and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in the Philippines, as well as reasons why victims find it hard to leave.

References:

Estrellado, A. F., & Loh, J. (2013). Factors associated with battered Filipino women’s decision to stay in or leave an abusive relationship. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 29(4), 575–592. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260513505709

Parcon, Cristabel Rose F., and Antoinette Louise S. Makani. 2024. Intimate Partner Violence Experiences of Filipino Women: Evidence from the Philippines. DHS Working Papers No. 205. Rockville, Maryland, USA: ICF

Philippine Commission on Women. (n.d.). https://pcw.gov.ph/violence-against-women/

Andi Eigenmann’s recent crash out left me thinking about how much more weight social media has on relationships these days. how did it come to this? and what can be done to lessen the impact of social media on relationship satisfaction? these are questions I try to answer on this episode.

References:

1. Arikewuyo AO, Lasisi TT, Abdulbaqi SS, Omoloso AI, Arikewuyo HO MD.. Evaluating the use of social media in escalating conflicts in romantic relationships. J Public Affairs. 2022; 22:e2331. https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2331
2. Delle, F. A., Clayton, R. B., Jordan Jackson, F. F., & Lee, J. (2022, June 9). Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: Simultaneously Examining the Association Between Three Social Networking Sites and Relationship Stress and Satisfaction. Psychology of Popular Media. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000415
3. Goldberg, Sharon & Yeshua-Katz, Daphna & Marciano, Avi. (2022). Online construction of romantic relationships on social media. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 39. 1839-1862. 10.1177/02654075211067814.

Owens, A., Beattie, E., & Irvine, T. (2024). The Impact of Social Media Use Among Millennial Couples. The Family Journal, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807241286804

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Today’s episode unpacks the now-deleted post from Low Brow Casual Restaurant, who should probably change their name to Low Blow. Besides this issue, I share how you can obtain a PWD ID, who qualifies, and what bigger concerns face us in this mandated system that’s supposed to look out for people living differently.

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happy new year! today’s episode is a collection of reflections on friendship, from making friends, to maintaining them, to even ending them.

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This is my year-ender essay where I reflect on the lack of trust toward my own taste and decisions, and how I’ve been trying to build the self-confidence needed to not rely on other people’s opinions on how I should live my life.

In this episode, I revisit my year-end essay from 2023 and share a few practices that allow me to conclude the year and prepare for the next.

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Yet another audio recording of a blog post from my Substack. This month will be spent uploading audio recordings of my favorite posts this year.

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September is Suicide Prevention Month, with September 10 being World Suicide Prevention Day as declared by the World Health Organization. On this episode, I share the types of suicidality and what you should not tell a suicidal person even if you think that you mean well.

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This episode is a voiceover of my blog post of the same name. Couldn’t help but draw similarities between BoJack Horseman’s inability to savor his happiness with my own feelings about where I’m currently at in life.

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Sorry for being MIA! Hope this episode makes up for it as I share with you some life updates (as well as what you can expect from me here on out!) and I answer questions sent by listeners of the pod and/or readers of my blog.

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