• Reframing The Concept of Happiness for a Holistic Way of Life

    If you watch enough movies and TV shows, you will encounter at least one character that’s gung ho on their pursuit of happiness (pun intended – I have yet to watch the film though). There may be a scene or two where this character gets asked, “Where do you want to be in five years?”

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  • Owning Your Authentic Self: 5 Ways to Build Confidence

    At the time that I’m writing this, news just broke out that Merriam-Webster dictionary’s word of the year is “authentic”. As I like to say here: coincidence? I THINK NOT! Bear with me since I like to revel in these moments where the universe gives me a solid confirmation about the things I do. Anyway,

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  • Getting Real About Turning 30

    I used to think turning 30 was one of the worst milestones in life. It isn’t that hard to, especially with the media and society’s general obsession with youth. “Live fast, die young, and have a good-looking corpse,” was what the author, Willard Motley, said in his book, Knock on Any Door. There was even

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  • Celebrating the Goddess Power of Friday the 13th

    Before everything else, I’m gonna greet myself and this blog/website a happy one-year anniversary. Yes, it’s official. Bella Dyosa turns 1 today! And with that, comes this month’s beautiful and awe-inspiring topic: the goddess power behind Friday the 13th. You may have noticed that I always publish posts every 13th of the month. There’s a

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  • The Perfectly Imperfect Playlist: 15 Songs For Owning Your Humanness

    If you’re a recovering perfectionist (like me), welcome! This playlist is for you. There comes a point in our lives when we realize that perfection is a myth. And that we’re not meant to be perfect. As human beings, our life is a big ass learning experience. You will make mistakes. You will fumble. You

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  • Remembering and Reliving How Travel Awakened Me

    I know what you’re thinking. FINALLY! A POST ABOUT TRAVEL!! Yes, we’re here, folks. We’ve reached this point at long last. And it only took me so long ’cause COVID happened. All the traveling I did then was in my brain. BUT that’s not why I’m writing this. In celebration of my upcoming (first ever)

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  • Why We Must Embrace the Cycle of Winging It

    Life, as we all know, is cyclical. We’re born into this world without any expectations until we enter the endless cycle of falling down and getting back up again (literally and figuratively). As the Japanese proverb goes, “Fall down seven times, stand up eight.“ Our lives are mostly composed of that cycle, where we’re taught

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  • Religious or Spiritual: Where Do You Stand?

    Let the debates and arguments begin. Just kidding. On a more serious note, I think we can all agree that we are living in a time where religion and spirituality are more prominent than ever. Although some people use these terms interchangeably, they are two different concepts. The National Library of Medicine states that “religion

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  • Pursuing Dreams: What It Means Then and Now

    Not to give you an existential crisis early on in this post, but what IS your biggest dream? Really think about it. Sit on it. Don’t worry if it’s challenging, you’re probably not alone. You see, when we were children, it was so easy for us to answer this question, because our parents (well, mine,

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  • 3 Stigmas of Tarot to Shut TF Down

    With new age spirituality becoming more prominent in the recent years, spiritual tools such as tarot decks are sharing the spotlight. More and more people around the world are tapping into their own spirituality, whether it’s through the new age practice or religious beliefs (they can go hand in hand by the way, but that’s

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