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Dear Thea, For sixty years, you’ve looked for a place where you were allowed to just be. For a long time, you waited for someone else to build that home for you—to tell you that you were right, that you were enough, and that your voice mattered. Today, you are building that home for yourself.…
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Some days, “not sweating the small stuff” doesn’t feel like ease or wisdom. It just feels like I’m pushing through. I’ve adjusted how I communicate. I speak in Filipino, soften my tone, use pakiusap (polite requests) instead of being direct, and slow down when I talk. Even so—the same issues keep coming up. That’s why…
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Even in ordinary errands, thresholds appear—and every threshold is a chance to stand in truth. When I send my laundry to the shop, I provide my own detergent mixed with baking soda. I also segregate my items—clothes, linens, towels (whites, lights, dark)—beforehand. This isn’t just to make things easier for the staff; it’s to ensure…
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This is the third reflection in a series on discernment and taking back self-trust. In the previous piece, I wrote about how discernment has stopped feeling like work – now it happens almost on its own, like breathing or digestion. This piece breaks down what made that shift possible, and why it has nothing to…
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This is the second reflection in a series on the practice of discernment and the reclamation of self-trust. I’ve been sitting with what happened after I named Rohitash—the wellness blogger-journalist. That old jitter’s been creeping in again—the one that whispers, Are you being too loud? Too harsh? Failing at some “holiness” you left behind decades…
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This is the first reflection in a series on the practice of discernment and the reclamation of self-trust. I’ve written before about not sweating the small stuff. About discernment. About boundaries, triggers, and knowing when to lean in and when to walk away. And here I am, writing about them all over again. Not because…
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The first day of the year is not just a threshold; it is also an invitation to practice. In my earlier reflection, I spoke of choosing compassion over bypassing—honoring wounds rather than dismissing them as “small stuff.” This companion piece offers the practices and techniques I have used, and will continue to use, to help…
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There’s a common expectation to start the year with optimism. For me, though, a fresh start doesn’t require pretending everything is okay. I value honesty over toxic positivity, which means acknowledging what still needs my attention. I’m starting this year with compassion for the parts of me that carry past scars. Recently, a wellness blogger-expert’s…
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I came across the article about David Beckham leaving his son, Brooklyn, out of his 2025 year-end recap post, only to share throwback photos of him hours later. When Brooklyn was left out of his father’s recap, only added later, it reminded me of what it feels like to be remembered as an afterthought because…
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Thea's Truths & Thresholds 