Mary Malikhain • Creative Freedom & Personal Power

05/03/2026

i bought a few of my childhood favorites as part of my artist recovery (healing my inner child na rin) 🥹🫶✨

ang saya lang kasi hindi ko to afford nung bata ako, tapos bawal pa kami magpancit canton kasi hind healthy at may pancit bato naman minsan na mas mura

also may tsitsiria na pancit canton non e, kulay orange, ilang years lang atang nauso (gusto ko rin yon!) pati Mojacko chicharon na may s**a sa loob

kayo ano’ng favorite snack nyo nung bata kayo?

03/03/2026

Dear Self,

I know you’re struggling right now. You’re becoming more and more dissatisfied with where you are. You’re at a turning point.

You’re starting to realize what you no longer like and what you really like. How you want to be treated. How you want to feel about yourself when you’re alone or with others.

You’re craving for something new that also feels deeply familiar.

You’re struggling because it’s hard to let go of the old ways—people, places, practices—that have almost defined you. That have become you.

But you’re also struggling because you want to see where you’ll end up once you let go and start choosing differently.

Is it really going to be better?

You’re losing and gaining at the same time. As you say yes to one thing, you say no to many.

With your heart and gut leading you—yes, not your calculating, evidence-seeking mind—trust that you’re capable of facing whatever lies ahead as you leave the past behind.

The path will reveal itself as you walk into it, into what feels true for you. You walk right into yourself by sitting and talking and looking at yourself every day. By taking care of your needs, listening to your feelings, voicing your observations.

It’s important that you make space for the new: the true you.

That job, neighborhood, partner, friend, habit, clothing that has been draining you… let them go. So you can fill your life with what truly fulfills you.

You’ve got this.

You can be audacious while afraid. You can keep walking while shaking. You can keep speaking while stammering and searching for the right words.

Keep going. Keep going. Keep going.

Your happier, healthier self is waiting for you. Meet this self—the one who decides and takes action.

Even when it gets hard, boring, or lonely. It’s temporary.

Meeting your true self will set you free. Trust me.

Love,
Yourself
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You’re losing and gaining at the same time. As you say yes to one thing, you say no to many. Trust that you’re capable of facing whatever lies ahead.

27/02/2026

I’m 33 and I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that…

I still carry a lot of pain when it comes to expressing myself creatively and being seen doing so.

1️⃣ I still grieve the comics I created as a kid that my grandma tore in front of me and threw into the fire. I was 11 or 12.

It’s one thing to grow up unsupported in art, but another to watch the only place where you could be yourself get destroyed.

2️⃣ I also grieve the loss of about 95% of my childhood artworks: comics, poems, stories, songs, floor plans.
• Confiscated by teachers and never returned
• A whole box destroyed in a flood after being moved from storage

Almost all gone. It still feels like a part of me died with them, and it makes me afraid that what I create will just be destroyed.

3️⃣ I only saw how deep these wounds were after 2.5 years of facilitating art workshops. I felt safer guiding others than creating myself.

I can’t write consistently. I can’t doodle freely. I haven’t written fiction for 15+ years.

4️⃣ There’s also grief from betrayal from a previous best friend, a past relationship, and friendships I had to walk away from. Even though it has been years.

5️⃣ I’m still afraid to be seen in bigger spaces after being publicly shamed at 23 y/o and trolled online for a private post. I know healing and continuing is the way, but sometimes it feels slow.

6️⃣ I’m still learning to ask for and receive help. I’m used to being the healer, the leader, the strong one. Only showing up when I’m “okay,” because my worth felt tied to what I can give.

7️⃣ It still feels weird when people recognize me from IG and say I inspire them, while my own family barely knows this side of my life. But I think they're starting to notice.

If you read all of this, thank you for witnessing me.

It means a lot that this pain found purpose through the mindful art workshops, life-design programs, and healing spaces I now hold.

I’m currently in my artist recovery (with "The Artist’s Way"), learning to create in public.

If you’re in a similar place, let’s grow through it together. Follow my journey.

Thank you,

03/07/2025

The beliefs I had to let go…

to finally manifest with more ease, trust, and flow. 🌿✨

Swipe through to see the mindset shifts I’ve been working on — the quiet thoughts I realize were blocking the life I’m meant to create…

and the truths I’m choosing instead.

These reframes have been helping me move through a big season of transition — with more softness, more clarity, and way less self-pressure.

If any of this resonates with you, let me know in the comments:

🌱 What’s one belief you’re currently rewriting?

Or share an “I” statement you’re working on — I’d love to cheer you on.

And if you’re moving through changes or stepping into the unknown too…

I have 1:1 sessions and a Mindful Mandala Art Workshop coming up soon. (all linked in my bio)

They’re created to support you in clearing what’s heavy, reconnecting to your truth, and creating the life that’s calling you — with more grace and intention.

✨ DM me if you feel called. Let’s grow through this, together.

27/06/2025

If you want to reconnect with yourself, rewire your mindset, and reimagine your the next 6 months of your life…

this space is for you.

You don’t need art skills—just an open heart. 💛

Through meditative music, guided reflection prompts, and mindful mandala-making, you’ll turn your intentions into visual reality—and leave with more clarity, confidence, and creative power than you came with. 🎨✨

🎁 BONUS: All registrants will receive free access to my Life Assessment & Improvement forms (covering 9 key areas of your life) to help you gain clarity on what you truly want to manifest—before the workshop even begins.

If this feels right for you, join my upcoming Mindful Mandala Art Workshop.

💖 Theme: Manifesting Your Dream Life
🗓️ July 20, Sunday
⏰ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
📍Art Caravan BGC, Taguig City
🎟️ Php 1,800 includes art materials

Message for more information and to reserve your spot.

You can also register via link in bio: bit.ly/joinmandalaworkshop.
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26/06/2025

making art can be so intimidating when we compare and judge ourselves

we become our worst critic before we even get started

so whenever that inner critic comes up, just notice it

as you pick up a pen or a brush
as you make your first (wonky ☺️) line
as you dab a color even if you’re unsure

coexist with your critic and uncertainty, let them color your canvas, do it scared, make art anyway 🤗

24/06/2025

Sometimes I still can’t believe this is my “livelihood “ now… 🥹✨

getting paid to create a life I deeply love,
and guide others to do the same…

not just for themselves, but for the world we live in. 🙏

This photo is a sneak peek of my updated Design Your Life Program, which I’ll finally be facilitating in person tomorrow for a group of incredible medical trainees. 🤗

The forms include Life Assessment, Life Improvement, Aligned Action Plan Worksheet for each life area, and a Vision Board template.

This program isn’t just about productivity or goal-setting or vision boarding.

It’s about coming home to yourself—
by reflecting on 9 interconnected areas of life.

Because these parts of us aren’t meant to compete.

They’re meant to complement each other—so we can live in energetic alignment, not exhaustion.

So we can live not just for survival, but for service. 🥰🫶

When we design our lives with intention,
we don’t just change ourselves—we ripple outward.

We co-create the kind of world we’d all want to live in. 💕

If this speaks to you, I’d love to share it with you too.

📩 Message me and tell me why this resonates, and I’ll email you FREE access to my Life Assessment + Life Design forms.

Let’s start designing a life—and world—you truly love. 🌍✨

23/06/2025

Another war on the news. 😢

But so many of us are still at war within—
in our homes, our relationships, our own patterns.

What if creating a better world
starts with how we create our lives?

If you feel called to explore this more deeply, message me. I’m holding space for a quiet gathering in July—
to reflect, create, and reimagine together.
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