The Ernpowered Life: Recent Episodes
Ern Ynion
Today, we still have that war in Ukraine that has been going on for the past two years. We have another ongoing war in Israel. We have so many pocket wars since the last World War in 1942. The Korean war, Vietnam, Afghanistan and so on. But it is not about the wars that happened the last century that we are talking about. We have been fighting for centuries. Listen to find out why.
We all know that Earth is just one of the planets that revolves around the sun. And we also know that our solar system is just part of the Milky Way galaxy and that Milky Way is just one of the billions of galaxies in the universe. So we are literally just a speck of a speck raised to the infinite power in the entire universe. And yet, many times we act as if everything revolves around us. Where did we get this idea? What is the impact? And what are the solutions.
Envy is one of the seven deadly sins in the Roman Catholic theology that leads to immoral behavior. Envy is rooted on the concept of fairness. In Cognitive Behavior Therapy, the Fallacy of fairness is a cognitive distortion that makes a person believe life should be fair. What makes this distortion tough to understand is because as a society or community, we are governed by rules, laws and regulations that promote fairness. In this episode, let’s look at the cause, the impact and how can we solve this.
Why is it that we believe talking about politics and religion would endanger our relationship with other people? Last Presidential Election for instance, there were people, relatives, who fought and almost killed each other, because one rooted for BBM and the other for Leni. In this episode, get to learn the cause, the impact and the solutions.
For many of us, death is a bad thing especially if it happens to a person who’s young and full of life. Or a tragedy that completely changes the life of a good person. Or perhaps, you yourself experienced an event, an accident or loss that is important to you, that left you questioning God. So why do bad things happen to good people?
The Victim Mentality has puzzled me for many years. I always asked why kids, who used to be bubbly, energetic and full of life became depressed teenagers and irresponsible adults. And this is happening everywhere. What process are we going through or a system do we have in place that we are getting this type of results? Because if we can just figure out what this process or system is, we can change it and thereby changing the outcome. That system is the Victim Drama Triangle.
A few Sundays ago, I played the game of Chess with my nephew Pablo and my brother Jun. Chess is a game of strategy. I love the game because it mimics what you need to do in life. Many people find it so hard to strategize for their future. So here are 5 most important factors that you need to consider in strategizing for your future.
Last Sunday was a historic milestone for the Speech Language Pathology profession here in the Philippines. It was the first Oath Taking of Registered SLP and a culmination of an extraordinary journey. But what really made it extraordinary? I had the privilege to witness how the journey unfolded. And this is my story.
Many adults when they see children becoming too imaginative, we tell them to get real and be grounded. I think this is one of the greatest mistakes we made. I believe every generation should be better than the previous generation. To help our children to be better than us, we have to take care of their imagination. Imagination is the key to survival. Imagination is the key to progress. Imagination is the key to evolution.
Learning is a huge part of our existence. You got to love the process. Remember that to progress in this 21st century, have the capacity to learn, unlearn and relearn.
This is for all the singles out there who are having problems finding their life partner. Listen to these 5 steps and increase your chances.
Discrimination is a problem that plagued humanity ever since humanity existed. It has been the cause of almost every violence, oppression and war. It is everywhere. How do we stop this?
Love and relationship are two different things. In this episode, you will know the difference between the two because many times, we confuse relationship as love.
What is hope? Why do we hope for a better future if no one can guarantee what the future will be even we act on it. There are many schools of thought about it. Discover them here in this episode
Death is something we all share. It is definite. However, we don’t know when it will come. How do we prepare or better yet, what do we need to prepare? Learn the three important steps before death comes.
Learn the relationship between intelligence and creativity. Every person needs to understand this very well because it will spell the difference between living a full life or just getting by.
Many people have been searching for the purpose of life. I’ve done the same for many years only to find out that it is as simple and straightforward. Share this to your friends.
Why many people believe the world is a broken place filled with broken people. Is it helpful to believe on this?
People may seem to be resistant to change because change is not happening in them. Reality is, they want to change but they keep on putting the necessary action off. This is procrastination and there are different types of it. By knowing what type you are in can help you address it and put you in a position to complete whatever you are working on.
Change is necessary in life. It is the only constant. We need to better understand change so we could use it to improve our lives. Learn the different types of change.
Gratitude is the quality of being thankful. But contrary to popular belief, gratitude is not an attitude that you can turn on and off whenever you want to.
We have popular beliefs that led to the challenges we face today. Treating women as second class citizens for centuries, not giving them equal rights than men has been the biggest mistake we made in all humanity. The world needs more women to step up.
When we were born we only had two natural fears. But as we get older, we add to that list of fears. Now, we are afraid of all sorts of things. We are afraid of darkness, uncertainty, being alone, making mistakes, failure, death etc. Why is this so? Is this really what life should be or we just completely misunderstood it.
Sense of ownership is what we need to develop to fight entitlement. However, there is a point that we need to abandon it to something far more important.
This poison is inflicting all social classes and across ages. Entitlement is the reason why kids join gangs and why people in power abuse their power. Find out more.
Validation is our desire to get the approval of someone with what we say, believe or do. We are social creatures, and we desire to belong in a community. This is natural. However, if you constantly seek for validation to the point of depending on it to run your life, that is where the problem lies. So where do we put the line here.
In this epsiode, Ern talks about self-worth and how we perceive about ourselves dictates our priorities and behavior in life.
In this episode, Ern talks about the three crucial points why children view love from their parents as conditional.
In this episode, we look at the type of love we get from our parents, relatives and close friends. It is supposedly unconditional but why we seldom see this as such.
In this episode, Ern talks about the different areas we normally anchor our identity which could lead to devastating effects. So where should we anchor our identity. Listen and be blessed.
In this premiere episode, Ern shares about his struggle with his identity during his younger years. He talks about why he viewed bad experiences as bad not as opportunities for growth. He detailed those experiences as well as how he felt and the type of thoughts that filled his mind.