The Sovereign Empath: Learning to Care Without Carrying Everyone Else
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The Sovereign Empath: Learning to Care Without Carrying Everyone Else

For The Sovereign Empath, the journey does not end with the words on the page. Behind its message of compassion, boundaries, self-trust, and personal sovereignty is a deeply personal writing journey—one shaped by experiences, difficult reflections, and the courage to examine what it means to care for others without losing…

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE LOST ON PURPOSE?
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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE LOST ON PURPOSE?

Have you ever felt lost in life, thinking there is no purpose for you or any reason for you to be alive? With everything happening in the world, there’s no doubt that living is a privilege, and feeling lost can make it difficult to see that. “Sometimes, you need to…

The magic beneath the dakit tree: a conversation with Trisha Matabalan
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The magic beneath the dakit tree: a conversation with Trisha Matabalan

Beneath the Dakit Tree, the real and the imagined refuse to be separated. Trisha Matabalan’s Under The Dakit Tree is a compilation of stories rooted in Bohol’s folklore, shaped by her childhood, and woven with quiet magic, where spirits like neighbors and myths feel like home. Let Trisha show you…

Love, Heartbreak, and Everything in Between: Christine Ann Sy’s Scribbles in My Notepad
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Love, Heartbreak, and Everything in Between: Christine Ann Sy’s Scribbles in My Notepad

Does love always come with hurt? Does disappointment always supersede joy? Must hope always risk heartbreak? Christine Ann Sy’s Scribbles In My Notepad is a raw and authentic poetry book imbued with a tang of cheekiness, reminiscent of how one would write in their—you guessed it—notepad. Inspired by her own…

The Art of Growing Up: When Kiddo Met Miss Independent
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The Art of Growing Up: When Kiddo Met Miss Independent

Growing up is rarely defined by a single milestone or life-changing moment. More often, it is shaped by the small decisions we make every day. In her newly released book, When Kiddo Met Miss Independent, Kiddo chronicles the quiet yet transformative journey of growing up, finding home, and embracing the…

Love Beyond Goodbye: MJ Orongan’s Diaries of the Departed
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Love Beyond Goodbye: MJ Orongan’s Diaries of the Departed

Healing takes many forms, but it often begins with heartbreak, rejection, and the ache of unspoken emotions. Diaries of the Departed by MJ Orongan offers an emotional journey through prose and poetry, tracing the path from first encounters and longing to heartbreak, healing, faith, and personal transformation. MJ Orongan began…

All For Love: A Haunting Tale of Love, Obsession, and Desire
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All For Love: A Haunting Tale of Love, Obsession, and Desire

How far would you go for love? Where does admiration end and obsession begin? In All For Love, Laura Nakpil explores these unsettling questions through a haunting story of devotion, desire, and the moral boundaries people are willing to cross in pursuit of what they want most. All For Love…

The Courage to Keep Trying: Franz Sioson’s Why Read Me?
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The Courage to Keep Trying: Franz Sioson’s Why Read Me?

Surviving is only the beginning of relearning how to live. Why Read Me? by Franz Sioson is a memoir that weaves together personal stories, reflections, and moments of uncertainty into a moving narrative of survival, identity, and vulnerability. Educator and writer Franz Sioson brings his signature wit and candor to…

Where Love Resides: Joanna Villamor’s Home is Here
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Where Love Resides: Joanna Villamor’s Home is Here

Are we searching for love in the wrong places? Joanna Villamor’s Home Is Here takes the readers on a journey of realization where love truly resides. Anchored on themes of family, friendship, and belonging, Joanna deconstructs long-established grand notions of love. Through lines and verses, the collection reveals that love…