13 June 2007

positive thinking, quote 3

"right attitudes
are the source for good deeds;
& in a very real sense,
the attitudes we learn & choose to live by
determine the kind of persons we become."

- evans, c. t. (1989).
a deeper joy.
old tappan, nj: power books, p. 25.

time mangement in scritpures

" [15] be careful how you live,
not as unwise people but
as wise,
[16] MAKING THE MOST OF THE TIME,
because the days are evil."

- Ephesians 5: 15-16

9 basic human emotions

"human beings appear to have
approximately 9 BUILT-IN FEELINGS
at birth.
these findings are based on the work
of researchers such as Darwin, Demos,
Eknan, Izard, Nathanson, &, esp Tomkins.
these feelings later combine with each
other & experience to form our complex
emotional life ....

A. positive feelings (2)
1. INTEREST
2. ENJOYMENT

B. feeling to reset & prepare the nervous systen (1)
3. SUPRISE

C. negative feelings (6)
4. DISTRESS
5. ANGER
6. FEAR
7. SHAME
8. DISGUST (reaction to bad taste)
9. DISMELL (reaction to bad smell)

NB: "each of these feelings is signaled
by a special facial expression in your baby."

personal reflection:
i attended a talk given by an
addiction counselor at de la salle univeristy - manila
years bach who classified feelings into 4 major ones:
1. glad,
2. mad,
2. sad, &
4. afraid.
probably the 9 above can be incorporated in the 4 this way:
1. glad (interest, enjoyment, surprise)
2. mad (anger)
3. sad (distress, disgust, dissmell), &
4. afraid (fear, shame).
although, i do not feel too comfortable
grouping the emotions under "sad" & in that talk
"shame" was considered a distinct emotion apart
from "fear".

positive thinking, quote 2

"the longer i live
the more convinced i become
that life is 10% what happens to us &
90% how we respond to it."
- chuck swindoll

happiness, guidelines

1. free your heart from hate.
2. free your mind from worry.
3. live simply.
4. give more.
5. expect less.

source: fwd ppt by dandount@hotmail.com, 2007 june 09

12 June 2007

positive thinking, quote 1

"YOU ALWAYS HAVE A CHOICE"

"when faced with the inevitable,
you always have a choice.... as
i learned during my liberal arts
education, any symbol can have,
in the imaginative context,
TWO VERSIONS, a POSITIVE and a
NEGATIVE. if you spill your milk,
you're left with a glass which is
either half empty or half full....
you may not be able to alter reality,
but you can alter your ATTITUDE
towards it, & this, paradoxically,
alters reality.
try it and see."

-- margaret atwood
the university of toronto commencement, 1983
c/o aceoralde@yahoo.com, 2007 june 06

patience, importance

"it is important to have determination
& optimism & patience.
if you lack patience,
even when you face
some small obstacle,
you lose courage
.
there is a Tibetan saying,
'even if you have failed at something 9 times,
you have still given it effort 9 times.'
i think that's important. use your brain to
analyze the situation. do not rush through it,
but think. once you decide what to do about
the obstacle, then there's a possibility that
you will achieve your goal."

- the dalai lama
emory university commencement, 1998
c/o aceoralde@yahoo.com

mission in life, an inspirational example

> the hero

Juan Mann is a pseudonym of a
25-year-old australian who has
committed himself to giving "FREE HUGS",
as his large poster says.
since 2004, every thursday, he goes
to the pitt street mall, one of sydney's
(sydney is australia's biggest city) busiest streets,
to embrace anyone who would come to get a
free hug from him.

> the initial experience (the seed)

"... he thought he would last an hour at most.
he had a friend stand by to kee an eye on him
& left his wallet at home ....
"'i genuinely expected the worst,'....
but after 15 minutes, a woman approached
& told him how her dog died that morning,
which was also the first anniversary of her
only daughter's death, & she really needed
a hug.
"'& that 1st woman, it was more than a hug,
IT MEANT SOMETHING TO HER.'"

> the effects (the fruits)

-- "'every week a number of people will tell me
their STORY, how they have suffered &
how they get by, the mistakes they've made
& the lessons they've learned.
i'm very fortunate in what i do
in that I LEARN from everyone else's mistakes
as well as my own. i am very fortunate in that
i have a lot of other people's perspectives.'"
-- shimon moore, lead singer of sydney band
sick puppies, befriended Mann after they met
in the mall & put together a video of Mann on
the YouTube web site: http://youtube.com/
watch?v=vr3_RRJdd4 which has been named as
the most inspirational clip on the site with
almost 14 million viewers.
-- "& from taipei to paris to peru to tokyo
admiring followers have set up their own
'free hug' practices.
-- Mann now spends 4 hours a day answering
emails. he estimates having hugged about
500,000 people over the 3 years since he
devised his "'absurd approach' TO GIVE THE
CITY A HUMAN TOUCH.'"

> the story behind (the wounding)

in early 2004, he returned from europe
"lonely & unhappy at his parents' divorce....
"'i was ALONE. my family was elsewhere,
my friends had all moved on. it was just me....
& i had to do something.... & i sat around
for months doing nothing. noticing, just
watching the world.... & i thought
i would try to step out of that
& try to DO SOMETHING different."

> the demand for the ministry

"Mann said his 'junk food emotion' fulfills
a need people have for someone to LISTEN
to their problems without the stigma of
calling a help line or seeking out a
professional counselor.
"'there's just no ANONYMOUS place
where people can go and dump their guilt,
their suffering & their anguish,' he says.
"... when local authorities threatened
to stop mann's campaign for public safety
reasons, some 10,000 people signed a petition
to keep it alive.
"and every thursday, he puts on his soft purple
velvet jacket & takes up his place in pitt street
mall, hugging shoppers, tourists & workers,
particularly urging those he feels miss out on
HUMAN CONTACT, such as old people and businessmen,
to come over and 'lay it on me.'"

> the mission

"...Mann [who has had death threats on the one hand
& being idolized, even compared to jesus christ on
the other] ... said he will keep hugging pepole
'until nobody wants me, until i look like a
dirty old man.
"'I'VE GOT TO DO IT. it would be selfish of me to
stop & selfish of me to walk away.'"

source: 7Days (2007 April 29). "spreading
the love," p. 6.

fallacy of the majority

"a father's last request"

"a husband and wife had 4 boys.
the odd part of it was that the
older 3 had red hair, light skin,
& were tall,
while the youngest son had black
hair, dark eyes, & was short.

"the father eventually took ill
& was lying on his deathbed
when he turned to his wife & said,
'honey, before i die, be totally
honest with me -- is our youngest
son my child?'

"the wife replied, 'i swear on
everything that's holy that
he is your son.'

"with that the husband passed away.
the wife then muttered,
'thank god he didn't ask about the 3!'"

- http://jokes.comedycentral.com/random_joke.ask?_id=4182

personal reflection:
truth is not always in the majority, in the numbers.
during joseph estrada's presidential campaign,
a priest was interviewed about the famous saying,
'vox populi, vox dei" ("the voice of the people
is the voice of god"). the priest said, the voice
of the people when jesus was being sentenced to
death was "crucify him! crucify him!"
was the truth in them?

AA (alcoholics anonymous)

when founded: 1935
where: akron, ohio
who: bill wilson, a NY stockbroker
: dr. bob smith, an Akron surgeon
method:
> the 12-step recovery program from chemical dependency
> major steps
-- admitting you are powerless over alcohol --
that your life has become unmanageable
-- believing that a power greater than yourself
could restore you to sanity
-- making a list of all persons you have harmed, &
-- becoming willing to make amends to them all.

"AA is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word.
it is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into
spiritual progress."

- bill wison, co-founder of AA

source: xpress (2007 may 17), p. 10. "sober celebration."
cf: www.aa.org

23 April 2007

My Curriculum Vitae (Resume)

CURRICULUM VITAE (Resume) of:

DOMINGO R. RAYCO, JR., PhD

I. PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: October 14, 1962
Place of Birth: Oas, Albay, Philippines
Nationality: Filipino
Civil Status: Married (December 16, 1995)
Spouse: Carolina Uno-Rayco, MA Ed., major in Guidance from UP-Diliman (Guidance Counselor / Clinical Psychologist)
Children: Raphael (1996), Gabriel (1998), Michael Angelo (2000), and Daniele Hope (2005)
Address: B4, L12, Ph2B, Yakal St., Metro Manila Hills Subdivision, San Jose, Rodriguez (Montalban), Rizal 1860, Philippines
E-mail Address: junrayx@yahoo.com
Mobile Phone No.: +63929 - 6845762

II. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

(1) PhD Counseling Psychology, major in Clinical Counseling (2007)
[De La Salle University – Manila, Philippines (or DLSU-M) with a GPA of 3.6 / 4.0

Doctoral Dissertation: “Adolescents’ Concept of Paternal Nurturance: Definition, Instrumentation, and Application”

(2) MA Philosophy (1987)
[Divine Word Seminary, Tagaytay City, Philippines]

Thesis: "Text Interpretation in the Phenomenological Hermeneutics of Paul Ricoeur."

(3) AB Philosophy (1985)
[Divine Word Seminary, Tagaytay City, Philippines]

First Year College (AB General, 1979)
[University of the Philippines -- Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines]

(4) Special Studies

Music (10 units), University of Santo Tomas (Smmers of 1981 & 1982)
Mandarin Language, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan (1986-1988)

III. OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND

(1) Assistant Professor 4 (2011- to date)
[Counselor Education Department, University of the Philippines -- Diliman, Quezon City]

(2) Assessment Psychologist (2005 – 2008)
[Executive Development & Management Advisory, Dubai, United Arab Emirates]

(3) Psychology Professor (1st semester, school year 2004-2005)
[Our Lady of Guadalupe Colleges, Mandaluyong City, Philippines]

(4) Clinical Psychologist (January to July 2004)
[Philippine Children’s Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines]

(5) University Counselor (1994-2003)
[De La Salle University – Manila, Philippines]

(6) Clinical Psychologist II (1991-1994)
[Philippine Mental Health Association, Quezon City, Philippines]

(7) Guidance Counselor (1990-1991)
[University of the Philippines Integrated School, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines]

(8) Past Volunteer Works (Psychological Assessment, Counseling, Facilitation / Training)

Euphrasian Residence, Religious of the Good Shepherd, Aurora Boulevard, Cubao, Quezon City (1989-1991)
Serra Center for Girls, Redemptorist Sisters (OSSR), Pasay City (1995-1996)
Sacred Heart Parish Counseling Center, Kamuning, Quezon City (1995-1996)

IV. AWARDS, HONORS, DISTINCTION RECEIVED

Summa cum Laude (MA)
Magna cum Laude (AB)
Salutatorian (High School: Divine Word Mission Seminary, Quezon City, Philippines)
Service Award (High School & College)
Valedictorian (Elementary: St. Jude Catholic School, Legaspi City, Albay, Philippines)

V. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

1. Memberships in Professional Organizations

Philippine Mental Health Association (PMHA)
Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP)
Philippine Association for Counselor Education, Research, and Supervision (PACERS)
Philippine Guidance and Counseling Association (PGCA)

2. Research Output

2008 (Feb). “A Filipino Paternal Nurturance Scale.” Philippine Journal of Counseling Psychology, Vol. 10, Issue 1, pp. 36-43.

2003 (April 2). "Power and conflict issues in the parent-adolescent relationship." Paper presented at the 4th CCD (Center for Counseling & Development) Research Dissemination Forum, DLSU-M.

2002 (February 21). "Adolescents' concept of paternal nurturance." Interactive Poster presented at the PACERS Annual Convention, Hotel Rembrandt, Quezon City.

2002 (January 23). "Filipino parenting style and its implications on the counseling process." Paper presented during the DLSU-M Week Celebration.

2001 (January 24). "Conflict issues: Parents vs. adolescents." Paper presentation during the DLSU-M Week Celebration.

2000 (May). "Reasons for underachieving at DLSU-M (Focus on the College of Liberal Arts): A summary report." Paper submitted to the Vice Dean of the College.

3. Workshops/ Seminars/ Lectures Conducted

Student Development and Lasallian Pastoral Office Seminars (De La Salle University - Manila)
Group Therapy to Sexually Abused Male Teenagers (Department of Social Works and Development)
Basic Counseling and Shepherding (Hearts of Jesus and Mary Community)
Transactional Analysis (Dangerous Drugs Board)
Team-Building and Values Clarification (Serra Center for Girls and Albert Schweitzer Association)

4. Trainings / Conferences / Convention Attended

Reparenting the Child Within I & II (Center for Family Ministries, Ateneo de Manila University)
Psycho-spiritual Integration Seminars I & II (Emmaus Center)
Annual Conventions of Professional Organizations
Gestalt Therapy (Ateneo de Manila University & Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, Ohio)
Jungian Dream Interpretation (Ma. Teresa Gustilo-Villasor, PhD)
Ira Progoff Journal Writing (Naomi Ruiz, EdD)
Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (Philippine Mental Health Association)
Primal Therapy (Violeta Bautista, PhD)

5. Community Involvement

(a) Present

Coordinator, St. Ignatius of Loyola Chapel, Metro Manila Hills Subdivision, San Jose, Rodriguez, Rizal

(b) Past

Couples for Christ – Servants of the Lord Ministry Member in Dubai, UAE
Initiated the establishment of the Sacred Heart Parish Counseling Center, Kamuning, Quezon City
Eucharistic Ministry (presently inactive)
Past Chair of Ecclesiastical Affairs Committee of Neighborhood Association
Outreach to Non-Governmental Organizations (as requested)

6. Interests & Hobbies

Playing with my kids
Reading professional & self-help books
Watching movies
Listening to light instrumental music
Communing with nature
Swimming
Table Tennis
Gardening

In memoriam: GEORGE RAYCO (1965-1986)

i dedicate this personal website to my younger brother, jojo, who died of deep vein thrombosis (blood clot in his legs that reached the heart) on march 4, 1986, a few weeks before graduating from b.s. biology from UST at the young age of 21.
TODAY IS HIS BIRTH DAY!!! it's also the feast of his patron, st. george.
jojo was the liveliest among the siblings (7 boys & 2 girls), the most sociable and friendly, and had a heart full of compassion for the needy. he was called by his classmates to intervene when a classmate wanted to commit suicide. that's how natural a "counselor" he was.
i hope & pray that the Lord uses me & this website to touch people & help in the healing process.
the poem below seems to be a very fitting message from jojo, who was always "sunny":

"when i come to the end of the road
and the sun has set for me
i want no rites in a gloom-filled room.
why cry for a soul set free?

miss me a little -- but not for long.

and not with your head bowed low.
remember the love that we shared,

miss me -- but let me go.

for this is a journey that we all must take
and each must go alone.
it's all a part of the Master's plan,
a step on the road to home

when you are lonely and sick of heart
go to the friends we know
and bury your sorrows in doing deeds.

miss me -- but let me go."

SOURCE: "unknown (if you know the author please cite)", posted by Trish Stevens, 20 Apr 07 as a comment to an open letter by Bryan Schamus responding to the April 16, 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech, http://www.planetblacksburg.com/2007/04/a_students_letter_home.php