Did you register already? We’re just a few days away from our PISTA. This is a FREE end of the year offering from COH for us to remember that we are part of a community. For this year we’ll have a fireside chat on how people found Grace &Gratitude through this trying times hosted by […]
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Over the past year, Circle of Hope has shifted gears to provide mental health services and psychoeducation through online channels. We conducted wellbeing events and webinars, offered mental health support for frontliners, and so much more. Since the pandemic started, we have received an influx of inquiries for counseling and therapy sessions, and so Project
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Like everyone else, this has not been the year we expected and planned for. We sorely missed our Fridays at PGH with our Parent Support Group and Teen Barkada. We’ve been facing a time of grief, radical change, and uncertainty about the future. But, it is in times of adversity that hope becomes even more
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By Joanna Herrera, PsyD, RPsy Just a few days ago I found this illuminating message in an email from Spirit Rock, the Bay Area meditation center that was founded by Jack Kornfield. It was by Kaira Jewel Lingo and it said: As I see it, in a sense our culture, our society, is dissolving. We’re
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By Joanna Herrera, PsyD, RPsy, Executive Director, Circle of Hope Community Services Inc. “It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.” -Confucius I was born four months after the declaration of martial law. As a martial law baby, I have quite notable memories of growing up in a bleak and worrisome
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Written by: Josh Cabalquinto The season of summer is a time that a lot of kids and teenagers enjoy summer vacation and freedom from school. Some choose to have fun under the sun. Others choose to stay indoors and try different hobbies. But for a crew of about 16 teens, summer meant to discovering their
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My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. -Desmond Tutu, Archbishop of Anglican Church of Southern Africa and Human Rights Activist The past several weeks have been extraordinarily hard and painful as we witness human tragedy play out within the context of already turbulent times brought about by the
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Starting last week, Circle of Hope has been providing free telemental health services for healthcare workers who are at the frontlines of dealing with this extraordinarily challenging health crisis. We’ve had some grateful callers who inspire us so much to continue. Due to requests and the availability of more volunteers, we are offering these free
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We invite you to join our Circle of Hope Community to come together as one united, mindful, and compassionate human family. As the WHO Director-General has said in his recent bulletin, “Compassion is medicine.” Mindfulness is a practice that helps us open ourselves to the present reality with a wise and compassionate heart. Many research
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By Joanna Herrera PsyD, RPsy, Executive Director Recognize what is going on; Allow the experience to be there, just as it is Investigate with interest and care; Nurture with self-compassion. We know that this world crisis has thrust upon YOU our healthcare workers—physicians, nurses, medical technicians and other medical personnel, such great responsibility and immense
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