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Coffeesations with Your Counselors
by Office of Guidance and Counseling
A platform where the Office of Guidance and Counseling in Ateneo de Manila hosted by our OGC counselors, can have a dialogue with the students on topics about mental health and wellness.The statements of our guests do not in any way represent the ideals of the OGC.If you want to get in touch with us, you may reach us through our email and Facebook Page:[email protected]://www.facebook.com/OGC.HEd
Episodes
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S03E03: AI, Climate, and Mental Health: Navigating Change and Uncertainty
☕️ What happens when the world keeps changing—and we're just trying to keep up? In this brand-new episode of Coffeesations with Your Counselors, we sit down with AJ Sunglao, RPsy, to talk about the psychological side of navigating a rapidly changing world. From our relationship with the...
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S03E02: In the Flow: Conversations Where Productivity Meets Well-being
For the start of the brand new school year, we’re kicking off our return from our little hiatus with a conversation about something we’re all trying to figure out: how to get things done without losing ourselves in the process. In In the Flow: Conversations Where Productivity Meets Well-being, we...
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S03E01: New Year, Same You? -- The New Year Effect
The wait is over—Coffeesations is back with the pilot episode of our new season. This January, we’re starting gently. No pressure to “fix” everything. No dramatic resolutions. Just real talk about letting go of what weighed you down in 2025 and building habits that actually work in real student...
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S02E09: Holiday Hush: Finding Rest Amid the Busy Season
This final episode of the year—and the season ender for Coffeesations with Your Counselors—invites you to slow down and find rest amid finals fatigue, holiday pressure, and the post-finals slump. We’re joined by two members of the OGC family, Sir Jett and Ms. Judie, as we talk about stress, the...
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S02E08: Mentally Online: Protecting Your Peace in the Age of Digital Expression
In a world where everything can go viral, how do you protect your peace? In this episode, we talk about social media as a space for expression, accountability, and outrage — and how to stay mentally grounded while navigating call-out culture and online debates.
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S02E07: Failing Forward: Embracing Setbacks and Building Resilience
This episode encourages a positive mindset toward failure, focusing on how college students can learn from setbacks, grow stronger, and build resilience, rather than being discouraged by challenges.
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S02E06: Beyond the Surface: Mental Health Struggles in the LGBTQ+ Community
This episode focuses on the intersection of mental health and LGBTQIA+ experiences, addressing challenges that often go unspoken, such as discrimination, internalized stigma, and the impact of societal rejection. It encourages deeper conversations around the mental health struggles within the...
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S02E05: Stress Less: Mastering Time Management and Self-Care During Finals
With exams and deadlines looming, stress levels can rise. Together with our special guests, Max and Zach--both undergraduate Psychology students, this episode discusses ways to manage stress effectively, from creating a time management plan to practicing mindfulness techniques. It emphasizes the...
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S02E04: Mental Health Check: Overcoming Burnout and Finding Balance
College students often feel overwhelmed by academic pressures, social expectations, and personal challenges. This episode could explore how to recognize signs of burnout, practical tips for managing stress, and strategies to find balance between academics, personal life, and self-care.
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S02E03: Modern Love: Decoding Dating Traps and Trends
Dating today is a whole new ball game—ghosting, situationships, the “talking stage” that never ends... it’s a lot. In this episode, we’re diving deep into the modern dating landscape, breaking down the trends, traps, and unspoken rules that define relationships (or the lack thereof). Why do…
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S02E02: Communication That Works: How to Say it and Slay It
Effective communication is more than just choosing the right words—it’s about making sure your message is heard and understood. In this episode, we explore the key elements of clear and impactful communication, from identifying your communication style to navigating difficult conversations with...
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S02E01: Game On: The Magic of Play in Therapy
Coffeesations with Your Counselors is back! For our first episode in Season 2, one of our OGC counselors, Dr. Aaron Lumbao, talks about Play Therapy and some remarkable insights on how this approach can support your mental health as students. This episode is a must-listen for future…
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Love Yourself - A BTS Inspired Discussion on Loving Ourselves
We always hear the importance of being kind to ourselves, yet it seems to be a really challenging thing to do. A famous group shares with us the message of embracing the way we lived in the past, even if it was harsh or bad. We are happy to share in this episode an appreciation for BTS while...
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LGBTQIA+ Relationships and Importance of Safe Space
As we start with the year, we continue our Relationship Series Episodes. We get to have an awesome discussion with one of our colleagues and friends, Brian Barretto as we discuss relationships. He shares with us his insights and experiences particularly on the difficulties and the myths in a...
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After the Heartbreak: Stories on Healing and Recovery
It hurts because we love. Three stories of heartbreak, healing, and growth. In this episode, we feature stories from our students of healing from a heartbreak. We also explore questions we ask ourselves in times of suffering and heartbreak: Why do we ask ourselves, "What did i do wrong?" "How can…
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The Relationship Series: Starting and Maintaining a New Relationship
As we are close to the end of the year, we are excited to share with everyone a new series of episodes that we have planned and are preparing for you, our students, and listeners. We are starting the Relationship Series with a discussion about what can help and challenges to face in a new...
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Fresh Ka Pa Ba? Another new school year amidst the pandemic
With the incoming new school year, we continue to face the challenges brought upon by the pandemic. We've learned a lot from our previous experience in the past year and we continue to adapt as we all go through this experience together. We are joined today by one of our students, Mavi Avendaño…
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Got a Bad Case of FOMO: A Discussion
As we continue to experience the effects of the pandemic, we continue to miss out on a lot of things, people we spend time with, places we usually frequent, and experiences that we tend to miss out on. In this episode, we get to talk about that, specifically the concept of "Fear of Missing Out".…
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Being Active with Our Body and Mind
With the challenges of not being able to move a lot, we'll discuss in this episode the challenges and importance of body movement as well as tips on how we can keep our body engaged even during the pandemic! Our guest in this episode is one of our colleagues and an expert in movement, Ms. Ivy...
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Do-re-mi-usic and Self-expression: Discovering the Healing Power of Music
This episode is all about ...do-re-mi-usic! We get to talk about the therapeutic and healing outcomes of listening to music as well as creating it! We are joined by our friend and colleague in this episode, Ms. Faith Moral to share with us her research as well as how music can be good for our...
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Keeping Our Well-being Pawsome Through Our Pets
This episode is a puuuur-fectly cute one. We get to talk about our hooman companions and special loved ones... our pets! We are joined by two guests in this episode, Doc Mimi Asuncion and Tanya Granados. In the first part, we are joined by Doc Mimi where we get to talk about Animal Assisted...
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Social Media and Mental Health
This episode talks about social media and how it influences, affects, and plays a role on the mental health of the youth. With the frequent use of social media and how it's role has become bigger during the pandemic, we get to explore the mindful use of social media as a practice of slowing down,...
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Resilience: A Shared Journey to Inner Strengths
This episode talks about resilience, motivation, acceptance of our grief towards our big and even small losses this year, and our shared journey toward inner strengths, especially of the youth, teachers, and parents in this volatile and uncertain time. This episode also explores the different...
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Resiliency in Times of Uncertainty
In this episode, we get to talk about Resiliency and what it means for Filipinos to be resilient. We also get to discuss some of the most recent events brought by the storms that have hit us from the point of view of one of our students. We are joined by Lynyrd Peras, a 3rd year ME student who's...
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Mental Health and Suicide Awareness
In this episode, we get to talk about Mental Health and Suicide Awareness. As we face different storms in our lives, let's find out how we can manage them by being more aware on how to take care of our mental health. We are joined by the Director of LSOGC, Mr. Gary Faustino to discuss with us…
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Self-Care
In this episode, we get to talk about the importance of Self-care and specific ways on how we can apply them. We are joined by one of the Guidance Counselors in LSOGC, Mr. Lito Nillo to share more light on this topic.
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Transitions
In this episode, we get to talk with Ateneo de Manila's Batch 2020 Class Valedictorian, Yumi Briones. We'll talk about the challenges of transitioning in online learning and tips that may help manage them.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A platform where the Office of Guidance and Counseling in Ateneo de Manila hosted by our OGC counselors, can have a dialogue with the students on topics about mental health and wellness.The statements of our guests do not in any way represent the ideals of the OGC.If you want to get in touch with us, you may reach us through our email and Facebook Page:[email protected]://www.facebook.com/OGC.HEd
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A platform where the Office of Guidance and Counseling in Ateneo de Manila hosted by our OGC counselors, can have a dialogue with the students on topics about mental health and wellness.The statements of our guests do not in any way represent the ideals of the OGC.If you want to get in touch with...
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