Jocleyn Soriano
Bio
Writer. Poet. Inspirer! Author of Poems of Love and Letting Go.
Stories (90/0)
The Woman in the Mirror
She shouldn’t have come to that party. She shouldn’t have dressed as though she were a wizard, confident and surrounded by a group of loyal friends. What was she thinking? Did she think that her little wand would sweep away all her fears and bring her to a magical kingdom where no one would see her for who she is? Who was she kidding? Masks and costumes work only for the young who could still fit into the kind of heroes they wanted to be. Past a certain age, masks reveal more about the things you wanted to hide. And there are countless things she’d rather hide!
By Jocleyn Soriano2 years ago in Horror
Did We Break up Because Something’s Wrong with Me?
Who Should Be Blamed? Whenever a relationship breaks up, we can’t help but wonder whose fault it was. It’s as though we could never find peace unless we can point out who really made the bigger mistake. Was it me? Or was it him?
By Jocleyn Soriano2 years ago in Humans
How to Empower Your Relationships by Adding This Very Simple Ingredient
Sweet beginnings Close your eyes and try to remember that time when your relationship was young and new. Maybe you could still imagine how sweet everything had been. You saw everything in the light of love, and in that love, there were no suspicions, no betrayals, no ill words to shatter your heart into pieces.
By Jocleyn Soriano2 years ago in Humans
How Sorrow Makes You Beautiful Inside and Out
I used to think that in order to be beautiful, I had to be the happy type of person — the girl who always had a big smile on her face, the one who can always cheer other people and lighten everyone’s mood. Unfortunately, I’m a melancholic type of person. Somehow, I felt I’ve always carried some sort of sadness in me that could never be fully erased no matter how I tried to behave differently.
By Jocleyn Soriano2 years ago in Psyche
How Can You Be Wrong More Often?
“For me, the single best thing you can do to become more creative is to be wrong more often. Creative people are wrong all the time (look at Apple’s long string of failures). The goal is to create a safe place to be wrong, a way to be wrong without destroying yourself.” — Seth Godin (Interview by The Happiness Project)
By Jocleyn Soriano2 years ago in Motivation
How Do I Know If He Loves Me When I Can’t Feel That I Am Loved?
Our Definition of Love Back when we were kids, we used to define love in our slam books and essays. We used to be so sure what it meant. When we grew up, so many people have shared their own definitions of it with us, and convinced us how wrong we were.
By Jocleyn Soriano2 years ago in Humans
It’s Time to Find out Why Happiness Seems so Elusive for Most of Us
“A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one’s neighbor — such is my idea of happiness.” — Leo Tolstoy
By Jocleyn Soriano2 years ago in Motivation
- Top Story - December 2021
10 Things I Won’t Forget After Listening to People’s Problems for 7 YearsTop Story - December 2021
“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” — Ernest Hemingway I will never forget the lessons other people taught me by confiding to me their problems. For the past seven years, I’ve had a section at my blog titled “Dear Joyce” where I offered to listen to people who needed someone to talk to. While I have not officially been a life coach, I had that precious opportunity to know people better, deeper. By entrusting me with their concerns, I have gained much more than I have ever thought I would.
By Jocleyn Soriano2 years ago in Psyche