Lighthouse Wellness Philippines

03/11/2025

As the year begins to soften at the edges, take a moment to honor everything you lived through—what changed you, challenged you, strengthened you.

Download our favorite rendition of the Emotion Wheel in this article.

As the year begins to soften at the edges, take a moment to honor everything you lived through—what changed you, challenged you, strengthened you. Here's where you can start.

10/10/2025

October 10 is World Mental Health Day, a global reminder of the importance of caring for our minds and emotions. It’s a day to pause, reflect, and recognize that mental health is not a luxury—it’s an essential part of our overall well-being. At Lighthouse Wellness, we believe that every day is an opportunity to tend to your inner world with gentleness and intention. Through awareness, small acts of care, and supportive conversations, we can all play a part in building a culture where mental health is valued and nurtured daily. 💛

Let’s continue showing up for our minds not just today, but in all the quiet, ordinary moments that make up our days. 💛

Need a check in? Log on to www.lighthousewellnessph.com and schedule one with us.

Use the coupon code MHD1010 to get a Php 300 discount. Book your session on or before October 31, 2025. One use per client.

12/09/2025

Sometimes, survival required you to be quieter, smaller, less visible.

But growth feels different.

It’s learning to trust that you can be more than who you needed to be back then.

It’s gently showing up for the versions of you that once carried so much.

It’s finding the courage to try, softly, gently, in new ways. ✨

08/09/2025

At Lighthouse Wellness, we believe that stepping into a counseling session is already a courageous act of self-care. Our sessions last 75 minutes—longer than the traditional 50-minute format—so you have more space to slow down, reflect, and process at your own pace. To help you maximize the time and truly benefit from your journey, here are some tips for making the most out of your counseling sessions.

To help you maximize the time and truly benefit from your journey, here are some tips for making the most out of your counseling sessions.

08/09/2025

What we think is intuition could actually be conditioning — coping mechanisms masquerading as wisdom. Let's take a closer look.

Access the members-only article for free here:
https://rachbonifacio.medium.com/when-intuitive-eating-betrays-you-2f46309e3141?sk=a2e7d7e39e035cb948d606f3f97821de

05/09/2025

Maybe no one else saw the moment you chose not to spiral.

Or how you answered gently instead of lashing out.

Maybe the win wasn’t loud — but it mattered. 👏🏼

Honor those quiet victories. They’re shaping your healing.

31/08/2025

Discover the purpose of emotions and how to understand them. Learn how fear, anger, joy, and sadness guide your wellbeing, and download our expanded Emotions 101 handout embedded in the article.

Mental and emotional wellbeing begins with awareness, as we have mentioned in our previous post. Yet for many of us, emotions can feel overwhelming, confusing, or even inconvenient. We often try to push them aside, only to find that they resurface later, stronger than before. The truth is: emotions....

27/08/2025

Play when you need it:
This short SOS meditation helps you pause at the peak of anger, so you can acknowledge it without being consumed by it. Through clearing breaths, an anger-specific body scan, and compassionate reminders, it creates space between your feelings and your actions. By listening to what anger is trying to tell you, you can respond with clarity and step closer to the person you want to become.

This was recorded by one of our Wellness Counselors, Rachel Bonifacio, shared on the Insight Timer app, which you can access for free.

This short SOS meditation helps you pause at the peak of anger, so you can acknowledge it without being consumed by it. Through clearing breaths, an anger-specific body scan, and compassionate reminders, it creates space between your feelings and your actions. By listening to what anger is trying to...

13/08/2025

Change doesn’t begin with action. It begins with awareness — that subtle but powerful shift when you realize something in your life is no longer working the way it used to.

What distinguishes psychological awakening from mere discomfort is the decision to pay attention. Many people live with distress for years without examining its source. But the moment we pause and ask, “Why does this keep happening?” or “What is this emotion trying to tell me?” — we cross the threshold from reactivity to reflection.

Read more here.

Change doesn’t begin with action. It begins with awareness — that subtle but powerful shift when you realize something in your life is no longer working the way it used to. This is what many psychologists and philosophers refer to as a psychological awakening — a moment of clarity that disrupt...

10/08/2025

It’s easy to mistake exhaustion for lack of willpower — especially when your inner critic is louder than your inner nurturer. 🗣

But when you're emotionally drained, mentally overstimulated, or carrying invisible stress, rest isn’t a sign of weakness — it’s a recalibration.

We agree that resilience is admirable and hard work really does pay off. But it's important to remember that our energy has limits, and honoring that doesn’t make you unreliable.

It makes you: Real. Human. Alive. 🌿

You don’t have to “push through” to prove anything. You can pause, take a small break, recenter, and try again... and all while still being enough. 🤗

Balancing hard work with ample rest is a sign of true strength and emotional well-being— and this is what we should be aiming for. 💛

31/07/2025

You know that moment in therapy (or life) when you react exactly the same way you always do? That quick retreat, the polite smile, the sudden joke when things get vulnerable?

That’s not random.
That’s a pattern. 😶‍🌫️

When we deploy Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) techniques in session, we don’t just talk about your relationships—we notice how they’re playing out right here, in real time. We look at the familiar scripts you keep performing, often without even realizing it. (Yes, we do point it out.) 😅

The good news?
Every pattern is a map. And once we can name it, we can explore new directions.↗️

So if something feels different in session—less rehearsed, more raw, or if you feel a little hesitant or uncomfortable as you rehearse things with us—that’s not a red flag.

That’s progress. ✅️

Let’s get curious about the familiar. And even more curious about what comes next. 🤗

Sessions are all online. Book through www.lighthousewellnessph.com from anywhere in the world.

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21/07/2025

While learning to be still with our feelings is a valuable skill, it is not the only tool we have. Emotions are energy, and most often than not, that energy needs you to move or do something.

Maybe you anxiety needs a brisk walk to untangle itself. Maybe your joy needs you to dance around in the living room. The heat in your body caused by unpleasant things may benefit from a quick, cold shower. Or maybe that stress living in your shoulders just needs a long, deep stretch.

Or maybe, you just need to sleep it off, like a wise cat once said. 🐱

Listen to your body as much as you acknowledge your emotions. Sometimes, the therapy you need is more accessible than you think. 😉