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Lifestyle Psychology

Shadow Work: Embrace the Dark Side of Self Love

Before therapy, I was so hard on myself and strived to be “successful.” The younger, less self-aware me shunned parts of myself just to fit the stereotypical mold.…
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February 13, 2023February 13, 2023
Fashion & Fitness Lifestyle Travel

My Rookie Hiking Mistakes at Mt. Ulap

As a new hiker, I’ve learned so much from traversing Mt. Ulap and witnessing its breathtaking views. Yes, I did stumble a time or two, but now I have a better idea of what gear to get for a more serious trek.…
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November 12, 2022November 12, 2022
Review Travel

Blu Serenity Resort: hidden gem near UPLB

Sometimes, not being in a prime location is what makes a secluded resort more appealing. My friends and I had so much fun at the Blu Serenity Villa, a boutique hotel just 15 mins from UPLB.…
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October 11, 2022October 11, 2022
Art & Entertainment Marketing Psychology

Overcome Writer’s block

Ahh, the dreaded writer’s block. Every creative’s worst nightmare. The blank, white page has never been more frightening than when we’re eager to fill it with worthy substance.…
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August 18, 2022January 31, 2023
neon sign in shop with vintage clothes
Fashion & Fitness Lifestyle

Vintage Thrifting: fab alternative to fast fashion

Timeless charm, inexpensive, rare and eco-friendly. Vintage thrifting is delightfully tempting in more ways than one.

Why go alternative? Let’s first explore the toxic side of fast fashion and throwaway culture… and finally rekindle the old romance in beautiful vintage that withstand the test of time.…
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April 22, 2022January 31, 2023
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Art & Entertainment Food, Flora & Fauna

5 Zesty Cocktail Recipes

To celebrate this year’s Vitamin C Day, here are five easy Simon Difford recipes for citrus-infused cocktail recipes, because… why not?…
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April 18, 2022April 18, 2022
Food, Flora & Fauna

How tech can improve your cooking

Cooking is one of the most worthwhile life skills you can ever learn. For one thing, being able to prepare your own food is a great way to save money and consistently eat healthfully.…
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February 13, 2022September 5, 2022
Fashion & Fitness Food, Flora & Fauna Lifestyle

5 diet tips for a happy tummy

Eating a proper diet can be very challenging as we keep up with our modern, fast-paced lifestyle. But we don’t always have to avoid certain food or deprive ourselves to be healthy.…
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February 5, 2022April 29, 2022
Psychology

Signs of depression & suicide prevention

Know more about signs that depression may lead to suicide — and what you can do to prevent it.

Suicide is one cause of death that is 100 percent preventable.…
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January 23, 2022February 3, 2022
Apps Art & Entertainment Lifestyle Psychology Review

Keeping a Digital Journal

One of the changes I’ve made coming into 2022 was shifting from using a physical to a digital planner/journal via a handy tablet & stylus.…
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January 8, 2022January 23, 2022
Art & Entertainment Fashion & Fitness Lifestyle People

Modern-day Edna Modes

For some, influencers typically look like the young, skinny, scantily-clad people on instagram and tiktok. But let’s turn the spotlight on these beautiful, wise owls — iconic and powerful inspirations that have aged gracefully and unapologetically.…
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November 10, 2021February 4, 2022
Book Review

A Logical Approach to Spirituality

Isn’t it challenging to wrap our heads around something as intangible as spirituality? I find that it works best to make sense of it all through logic and faith.…
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October 1, 2021October 5, 2021
Business & Science Marketing

Why email marketing is a business essential

Social media might be the more popular and easier way to promote your brand. But if you really mean business, the age-old email marketing strategy is in a league of its own and should not be underestimated.…
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May 22, 2021May 22, 2021
Art & Entertainment Book Review

Chasers of the light: poems from the typewriter (T. K. Gregson)

We don’t always have the time or patience to read long, dragging novels. Coffee table books are just the thing to satisfy our cravings for brilliant literature in short bursts.…
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April 11, 2021April 11, 2021
Food, Flora & Fauna Review

These cupcakes are just divine

Oozing with yumminess and colorful designs, these cupcakes from Cielin’s Cakehouse are so dainty and cute. Here’s a firsthand review! 

For an objective look, we’ll check out the public’s rating of Cielin’s in BF Homes, Alabang, Ph.…
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March 14, 2021March 14, 2021
The whole is greater than its part. - Euclid's Common Notion 5
Business & Science

Quote fact or fiction? The whole is greater than the sum of its parts

This quote about systems thinking is commonly used, even by scientists. But it can be daunting to realize how off the mark it actually is.…
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January 23, 2021January 25, 2021
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Finance Lifestyle Sponsored

8 credit card tips to stay sane as you swipe

Do you have a credit card or are considering getting one? Here are some simple tips to help you use a credit card wisely.…
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December 14, 2020January 24, 2021
Art & Entertainment Book

Latigo (whip): a poem in Lila

My dear friend, Tita Beauty (Dr. Diana Agbayani) gifted me with one of her intriguing books entitled Lila: Mga Tula (violet poems).…
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November 23, 2020November 28, 2020
Luscious Convos Episode 1
Psychology Vlog

Pandemic coping advice from an international leadership guru

“I do not endorse positive thinking,” says Ever Miranda, international leadership coach and Founder of Successful Living Summit.

Why not? Eavesdrop on my one-on-one conversation with Ever below.…
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November 17, 2020November 23, 2020
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Business & Science Vlog

Institutional Diagnostics Toolkit

We need to be better stewards of the environment right now. Here’s a 12 minute walk through video on how to use an institutional diagnostics toolkit.…
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November 8, 2020November 23, 2020
Art & Entertainment Music

Lyrical Dive into Control by Halsey

Have you ever felt misunderstood, crazy and out of control? Perhaps even shunned as an outcast? Embrace it, go creative and eventually find your authentic tribe.…
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October 25, 2020November 4, 2020
EAT-Lancet Commission's flexitarian diet or Planetary Health Diet
Business & Science Food, Flora & Fauna

Can flexitarians really save the environment?

Are you ready to ditch being a meat-lover and become a plant-eating flexitarian in the future?

The EAT-Lancet Commission recommends converting the world’s middle and upper class to flexitarians (people who eat a plant-based diet) by 2050 to sustain the earth’s resources and keep the population healthy.…
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October 4, 2020October 5, 2020
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Business & Science

How do we know what we know? Intro to Epistemology

I was once asked, “Can science exist without technology, and vice versa?”

Seemingly a basic question, but as they say — the more you know, the more you know that you don’t know.…
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September 27, 2020October 8, 2020
Old school dance pop hits of the glorious 60s to 90s
Art & Entertainment Music

Classic hits: dance & pop rock of yester-years

Revivals and cover songs are endless for a reason — we just can’t get enough of these classic hits!!! Here’s a careful curation of the best hits from the ’50s to the ’90s.…
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September 20, 2020September 27, 2020
Luscious Mind recommends Trello app for productivity
Apps Business & Science Review

Basic bitch’s best free productivity apps in 2020

Managing tasks and automation is ultimately essential to the modern go-getter’s lifestyle.

A yuppy’s journey often includes juggling business dreams, a 9-5 grind, graduate school, blogging, fitness, relationships, hobbies, self care and an active social life to name a few… whew.…
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September 11, 2020January 8, 2022
Self-affirmations
Psychology

Boost your psychological immune system with these tools

Let’s face it, there’s always going to be someone nasty or something toxic lurking about. We can’t control everything, but we can use science to train our minds, be mentally tough, and roll with the punches.…
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September 6, 2020September 10, 2020
Food, Flora & Fauna Psychology

How a prissy shih tzu helped me get over a breakup

You know how an ugly breakup can make you do things, like get a drastic haircut? In the throes of a dark time in my life, I adopted a furbaby on a whim.…
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August 26, 2020August 28, 2020
Dungeons and Dragons with friends over coffee
Art & Entertainment Games Vlog

Ofoc! A beginner’s guide to Dungeons and Dragons

The Dungeon Master summoned us — five smart, brave and powerful comrades — to fight side by side against the dark powers that be.…
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August 9, 2020November 18, 2020
Workout with Gandalf Archer Mills
Fashion & Fitness

Learn and burn with a Les Mills hip hop workout

Work your luscious mind and body with dance. Here’s one of my fave hip hop workouts by international dancer and choreographer, Gandalf Archer Mills.…
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July 31, 2020August 1, 2020
Animal Stamps
Art & Entertainment Food, Flora & Fauna Stamps Travel

Animals in stamps from across the globe

I was a toddler in Australia when my parents first introduced me to stamp collecting in the ’90s. We went into the post office and bought my first stamp collectors’ kit, and my love affair with these tiny pieces of art began.…
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July 19, 2020September 9, 2020
Shopping and selling online
Business & Science

5 ways to effectively sell online with marketing comm.

Attention is the new currency in business, and it is extremely scarce (Beck & Davenport, 2001). As multi-tasking, entrepreneurial yuppies trying to make it in the big bad world, we need to gear up.…
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July 9, 2020July 10, 2020
Medusa Air Plant
Food, Flora & Fauna

How to take care of Medusa – the plant, not the she-monster

Not the Greek mythical creature, but just as magical, the medusa plant grows in air!! No soil, give it a light spritz just once or twice a week, place somewhere lightly shaded, and voila — the medusa plant is happy!…
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July 1, 2020July 8, 2020
Art & Entertainment Music

Windy Romance Playlist

Subdued, wistful, melancholic… these are three words that best describe this music playlist.

This selection is carefully curated from artists whose singing style has been catching on like wildfire lately.…
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June 24, 2020July 28, 2020
South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami
Art & Entertainment Book Review

Murakami’s South of the Border, West of the Sun

Title: South of the Border, West of the Sun Author: Haruki Murakami Genre: Romance Publisher: Vintage Publishing Year: 2003 Format: Book Length: 187 pages Appropriate for ages 18+

Japanese male author Haruki Murakami’s novels are not for the faint at heart.

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June 16, 2020July 2, 2020
Sir Dodong's Lechon
Food, Flora & Fauna Sponsored

Award-winning Lechon

Crunchy, delectable and juicy – you have got to try Sir Dodong’s Lechon! …
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May 6, 2020July 2, 2020
Tambis or Water Rose Apple
Food, Flora & Fauna

Watery Rose Apple (Tambis)

Allow me to introduce you to one of our backyard fruit darlings – the Watery Rose Apple. In the Philippines, we call it Tambis.…
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April 29, 2020June 24, 2020
Caribbean Hip Hop Music Playlist
Art & Entertainment Music

Dancehall Playlist

Feeling the scorching heat, but can’t hit the waves just yet? Surf the soundwaves instead with these Caribbean-inspired hip hop tracks, also known as Dancehall.…
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April 22, 2020December 2, 2020
Luscious Mind - Scarred Queen (free verse poem)
Art & Entertainment Fiction

The Queen’s Road

Free verse poem

This woman’s story is open-ended. Beyond death, her existence will linger and breath new life as the days dance and the sun flickers.…
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April 15, 2020June 24, 2020
Quarantine Blues
Psychology

Wanderlust remedies for quarantine blues

The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on us all regardless of where we are on the globe. During quarantine, the mental health (self-care remedies) and agriculture (food security) sectors seem to have suddenly risen to the fore as the key superheroes that are saving us today.…
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April 8, 2020August 10, 2020
Fitness Marshall on Luscious Mind
Fashion & Fitness

20-min pop dance workout

Hate boring workouts? Me too. I need pizazz and a little spunk every now and then when I do cardio. What better way than to break out a sweat to fun, pop dance workouts!…
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April 1, 2020June 24, 2020

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