Make a Life (Life in the New Normal)

Covid 19 pandemic has made significant changes in our lives, it changed the way we do things. From our work, school, business, sex lives, relationships, just practically everything. Being locked down on another country or another state forced relationships to become long distance. And because of travel restrictions, lock down, and physical distancing, couples find it hard to communicate and stay connected. Today's episode will talk about how we can make long distance relationship work amid the pandemic. And some creative ideas to maintain our communication and stay connected to our loved ones.

We are all guilty of procrastination. It knows no gender, educational attainment or even financial status. Even successful people procrastinate. About 95 % of Americans procrastinate, well, maybe the rest of the world also procrastinate. According to Wikipedia, procrastination is the action of unnecessary delaying or postponing something despite knowing that there will be a negative consequences for doing so.

Do you want to achieve a goal in your life? Start saving money? Lose weight and eat healthy? Do you want to get over an addiction or bad habit? Procrastination and laziness? This podcast episode is perfect for you, because we will talk about self discipline. Why is it important and considered a useful skill in achieving our life's goals. We all experience to lack self discipline in all aspects of our lives but if we really want to succeed in life we should practice self discipline. It is the core source of inner power that separates the dynamically achieving person to unfulfilled underachieving masses.

This week's pod explores one of the taboo topics -masturbation. Masturbation is a common activity and according to statistics 80% of men do it and the other 20% lied. It's natural and safe way to explore your own body and learn more about what you like and perhaps even dislike. It is practiced among people of all backgrounds, genders and races. Many people feel guilty when they masturbate, here in the Philippines a Catholic stronghold in the world, it is not openly talked about especially by women. Even so for Filipino men it's considered a normal practice, talk about double standards. Women who did this or even discussed it will be shamed and judged by people. It is believed that masturbation is a sin and as a result will burn in hell if they do it. Research however has shown that it's okay and completely normal. In fact it has some health benefits, and that will be our topic for today- The benefits of masturbation. Are you ready? As Marvin Gaye would say it, Let's get it on!

Life is all about living in this binary world, that's right the computer age of 0s and 1s, but there is also yes and no, yin and yang, even every coin has two sides. Even though this covid19 pandemic had changed many aspects of our lives, it too creates another potential binary- positive and negative effects. Entrepreneurs as a result can see this as an opportunity for new business start ups, and that is what today is all about. Today, we will talk about business ideas you can start now, whether you're just a newbie, on the road to some great ideas or a seasoned entrepreneur.

I remember when I was about 9 or 10 years old, my aunt was rushed to the hospital because she tried to kill herself by cutting her wrist with a blade. That was my first encounter with someone who tried to commit suicide and there were many others after that. My neighbor committed suicide by hanging himself amid rumors his wife was having an affair with another man. My childhood friend tried to end his life by drinking kerosene and fortunately his mother stopped him. Ever since then I have worked on understanding about depression and suicide. As I grow older and faced with many challenges in life I have learnt about depression and suicidal thoughts. I have also learnt that all of us are vulnerable at times and can experience depression, even more so now with social media and the pandemic. Losing a loved one or a family member, losing your job, being sick and quarantined, with all the uncertainties add up for us to being depressed, anxious or even sad or frustrated. This week we will talk about depression, what causes it, its symptoms and some possible ways to overcome it especially now with covid19 pandemic.

Without any doubt, the pandemic has changed alot of things in our lives. Even our sex lives. This week's episode, we will talk about how the pandemic has changed our sex lives and some suggestions to improve it.

It's interesting that the rise of social media, smart phones and technologies allowing us to communicate instantly should make us more connected to other people, however it's ironic that the opposite is true. Today more and more people are disconnected and lonely eve with these great technology. This week's episode talks about loneliness and how can we overcome it. Give them a try and you'll see the difference.

We spend 1/3 of our lives sleeping, but many of us surprisingly give less attention and care to it. This neglect is often the result of a misunderstanding, sleep is'nt loss time, or a way to rest while all our important work is done. For this week's episode we will learn that sleeping is not wasted time instead it is a critical function for our overall health and well-being.

As vaccinations roll out all over the world hoping to end this pandemic, every country is aiming to have herd immunity. What is herd immunity? How can we achieve it? What is the role of vaccines in achieving herd immunity? These are the questions that we will answer for this week's episode. Herd immunity is also known as the population immunity, it occurs when a large portion of a community (the herd) becomes immune to a disease, making the spread of disease from person to person unlikely. As a result, the whole community becomes protected -not just those who are immune.