Awards and Features

‘Utang na loob?’ Filipino family values gone wrong, and how they affect mental health

Does your family sweep issues under the rug, or do your parents like to compare you to your siblings? A clinical psychologist from Empath explains how these practices can be detrimental to our growth.

An inflation of hopelessness

The Marcos administration’s economic team may have recently boasted that it exceeded its growth targets in 2022 at 7.6% – so far the highest in Asia – but sociologists and mental health workers are raising the alarm of a possibly dangerous contagion that could linger amid the pandemic.

How to set boundaries or cut ties with toxic family, according to a psychologist

Now that the holiday season is over, it’s time to assess: are your family members and relatives just occasionally annoying, or are they toxic? Clinical psychologist Abegail Joyce (AJ) Requilman from Empath helps distinguish one from the other and what to do about it after. Should you tolerate? Accept? Or change your situation completely?

Young, ambitious, and making a difference: inside the minds of Filipino Gen Z founders

No matter what challenges they’ve faced, what’s clear is that these young startup founders have demonstrated impressive creativity, resilience, and drive in changing the way we live and work. Their ambition, determination, and adaptability are all proof that the future is indeed bright for Philippine startups.

Start-up grantees present social ventures at networking event

Eight women-led social enterprises (SEs), including Empath, that received start-up grants from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) marked the end of their 10-month start-up incubation with a networking event dubbed “Tens of Nets: The WHWise – iBLEnDNICE 4 WomEn Networking Days.”

InLife Negosyo Challenge awards 4 social enterprises with cash grants and incubation support

Apart from the cash grants, the top four businesses, including Empath, were awarded a 6-month long in-depth & needs-based mentoring and technical assistance, and access to structured peer learning support as part of their prizes.