Joma and Maridel DeGuzman

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Joma and Maridel DeGuzman

We begin with lived experiences. We assimilate what we learn, notice what supports us, and share what has made a meaningful difference in our own lives.

Empowering families with evidence‑based wellness
so you can move better, feel stronger, live fuller:
Water, movement, and daily habits;
Intentional food choices for daily healing; and
Community engagements We’re a husband and wife team exploring what truly supports everyday health and well-being — from nourishing foods and mindful habits to community connection and gentle frequency-based pract

ices. We share what has genuinely helped us feel clearer, calmer, and more connected.

𝐀𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 — 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. Our approach is gentle, curious, evidence-informed — non-prescriptive and authentically rooted in care. Our path is shaped by decades of work in understanding people, behavior, and human development. With Master’s degrees in Social and Industrial/Organizational Psychology, we taught at the university level and served as consultants in business, government, and non profits in the Philippines. After restarting our careers in Canada and eventually retiring from professional roles in the banking industry, we chose to devote today’s chapter of our lives to community well-being. Today, we focus on sharing our learnings and guiding others toward clearer, calmer living through simple, supportive practices: nourishing foods, mindful habits, community experiences, and frequency-based wellness tools. We also explore how modern communication technologies influence the body, and how small, informed choices can help people feel more balanced in a tech-driven world.

𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞: 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 — 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞.

06/01/2026

🌿Thank you to the Filipino Canadian Construction Society (FCCS) for recognizing and supporting the Food Rescue Program of the Filipino Seniors Club of British Columbia. Thank you for inviting us to your charitable fund raising 20th Anniversary Golf Tournament to share to your guests how seniors commit and volunteer twice a week their time to gather food from groceries and allocate them to food boxes for delivery to families experiencing food insecurity.
Sharing goodness to the community. 💚

05/25/2026

🌿🍁Thank you to our visiting community leaders from the City of Richmond, BC. Thank you for considering options on how the Filipino Seniors Club of BC (FSCBC) can grow the Food Rescue program of supporting families going thru food insecurity. We look forward to partnerships with you and other organizations in bringing goodness to others.
😊Thank you Grace Tsang, Kevin Lai and Cyrus. Thank you, Tony Mori of the Refood Foundation for connecting us with the guests during the Friday food drive.

05/23/2026

My older brother loves taking photos and sharing these to the world, triggering happiness and joy thru his camera lens.
Aging gracefully in a slowing down of daily activities.
His open mind tells him that AI is for all ages, no exception for super agers.
He sensed the opportunity, grabbed it, doing what he loves to do.
Self confidence and positive mindset guides him.
Living the opportunity, animating treasured photos, sharing goodness with others.
I love my 'Kuya'.

05/20/2026

🌿💥Sunday repacking batch. It is time to deliver again to beneficiaries of the FSCBC Food Rescue program, gathering donated goods from groceries and filling up food boxes to deliver to families experiencing food insecurity. Some pick up their boxes from the distribution point, most are delivered by volunteer members to the waiting homes. Simple, ordinary service, no fuss. FSCBC shares goodness where it can.😊🍂

05/13/2026

Visit at the office of Migrant Workers Office (MWO) of Labour Attache Ms. Maya Valderrama with MWO Training Officer Alan Ignacio. We explored alternatives for Filipino workers in Metro Vancouver who are interested in officially staying in Canada after the expiration of their current work permit. Thank you to Neil Justin Nicolas for making the meeting possible.

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05/04/2026

𝑺𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆, 𝒂 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔.
The Filipino Seniors Club of British Columbia brave the blistering heat of mid-spring weather to repack food collected from several supermarkets in metro Vancouver. Today, 55 food boxes were filled and distributed to needy seniors families.
Rain , snow or shine, the commitment to serve others is a shared purpose of the volunteer members of the club.

05/03/2026

🪻🌷🌸🌻𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒉𝒖𝒉? 𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆?
Beauty isn’t only for looking at.
Some flowers are packed with nutrients, antioxidants, and healing traditions older than any grocery label.
Nature whispering:
Some flowers aren’t just pretty — they’re nutritious. They’re medicine. They’re food.
Dandelions have been used for centuries as food and medicine — leaves, flowers, roots.

👉So the real question is:
𝑰𝒇 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕… 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒕?

05/02/2026

You know what I love about these little fenugreek sprouts?
They’re just… easy. No stove, no heating bill, no fuss. They sit there on the counter doing their thing, and four or five days later — boom — you’ve got this fresh, crunchy, living food right in front of you.

I just rinse them with our chlorine‑free alkaline water, give them a little shake, and that’s it. No pesticides, no mystery hands touching them, just us from start to finish.

And the best part is how they feel when you eat them. Light, clean, kind of earthy… you can almost sense your gut saying “thank you.” It’s like feeding your whole system something it actually recognizes.

Plus, you can sprout all kinds of seeds, any time of year. No seasons to worry about. Just a tiny kitchen garden that keeps giving.

Fresh, simple, and honestly kind of fun.

“𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘀?

04/21/2026

🌿𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗧𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗠𝗲 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴
This week, I watched three discardable romaine lettuce stumps come back to life.

My wife placed them in a small glass dish, added a little water, and set them on the window sill.
Every morning, she checked on them with quiet appreciation.
By day three, tiny dark green leaves began to push through.
Life returning.
Growth happening.
🛡️Healing unfolding — simply because the environment said, “𝗬𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻.”

And it made me ask myself:
We talk about medicine, treatments, prescriptions… and yes, they matter. But there is another kind of healing we rarely talk about:
The healing that begins when we speak to ourselves with kindness.
When we give ourselves sunlight, rest, hydration, movement.
When we stop criticizing our bodies and start encouraging them.

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?
A moment to breathe.
A moment to speak gently to our own subconscious.

If a romaine lettuce stump can regrow with a little care… 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗱𝗼 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲.

👉 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴.
Drink water with intention.
Step into the morning sun.
Breathe slowly for 30 seconds.
Speak to yourself with compassion.
Your body is listening.
Your body is trying to grow.
Give it the conditions.

04/20/2026

✨ 𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀?
Most people think healing is only about food, supplements, or exercise… But your 𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺, 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺, and 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 tell a different story.

When you experience 𝗷𝗼𝘆, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲, your body releases a healing cocktail of:
• Oxytocin (safety + trust)
• Dopamine (motivation + energy)
• Endorphins (natural pain relief)
• Lower cortisol (less stress = more repair)

And something beautiful happens…
Your immune cells literally shift into “repair mode.”
Inflammation drops.
Your heart rate steadies.
Your body feels safe enough to heal.

This is why doing something good together — serving, volunteering, helping a neighbor, uplifting a family — feels different.
It’s not just emotional. It’s 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹.

Your body recognizes: “𝗜’𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗜’𝗺 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗜’𝗺 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲.”
And healing begins.

If you’ve been feeling tired, stressed, or stuck…
Try this: Spend one hour this week doing something meaningful with someone else.
Your body will thank you.

👉 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲, 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆’𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘆?
Follow along — we’re building a community that heals together.

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