Michele Alignay

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Dr. Michele Alignay is a family life specialist, registered psychologist, speaker, consultant and an award-winning author. Through talks, trainings and sound content she works with schools, companies and organizations on family life and well-being.

Michele Alignay


    • Feb 15, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 36m AVG DURATION
    • 190 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Michele Alignay

    LOVE and WELL-BEING (ep.03) | I + We = Better Boundaries

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 33:04


    One essential in relationships is to be our own person, to know who we are and learn how to draw the line. All these why we relate and love others. Ang hirap madalas, pero pwede! Love convos at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele

    LOVE and WELL-BEING: Can Love Cause Stress? (Ep.002)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2023 39:02


    If love mo isang tao? Bakit nakaka stress pa rin? Can love and stress co-exist? How to have healthy relationships despite stress? This at #CoffeeBreak w/ #DrMichele

    LOVE AND WELL-BEING : 'Real Love' or 'In-Love' (Ep.001)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2023 24:37


    Relationships really matter! How we value our relationships makes it in our lives! One of the most favorite question is, "Is this real love?" or "What if I'm no longer 'in-love?" Real talk at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele

    Couple Burnout

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2022 35:56


    Minsan talaga, nangyayari to! Yung, wala ka nang ibigay! Ikape natin tong topic sa #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele.

    Family Stress & Role Clarity

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2022 34:32


    Ano ba mas stressful, may kasama ka (na di mo maasahan), or knowing you are on your own and you need to manage it all? Let's see what role clarity or not having any has do with family stress. Let's #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele

    Raising Teens

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2022 38:28


    I'm celebrating being a mom of teenagers! It is a journey indeed. Let's sit down and understand our teens, as we understand ourselves in the process! Kape tayo at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele!

    Mental Health Matters

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 48:57


    Appreciate your Mental Health! As we celebrate World Mental Health Day, value better your mental health and well-being. Let's sit down for a conversation about staying mentally well at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele!

    Spiritual Well-being

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2022 40:10


    We are both body and spirit! So we care for our whole beings to be well, nourish our spiritualty and to live a bigger life of purpose! Know how you can care for your spiritual life at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele.

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    Coping with Compassion

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2022 33:32


    How do you cope when burdened, stressed and anxious? Let's check if your coping skills are really helping you, or it's just band-aid for the issues? See you at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele.

    Unhealthy Work Beliefs

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2022 32:01


    How you perceive work and productivity, is what actually transpires in your life. Pero minsan di naman lahat healthy. Your well-being may be suffering if you are unaware and don't help yourself! Usapang #CoffeeBreak w/ #DrMichele.

    Nurturing the True You

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2022 30:40


    "True You" and "Ideal You"! Are you true to the person God created you to be? Who are you really taking care of? Let's check in our adult worth and identity at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele.

    'Mom Rage' and Other Emotions

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2022 45:00


    Sungit, sumpong, and overly sensitive, etc.? Moms, and for us all, we all have days when we 're tipping off already and our anger and other unpleasant emotions are haywire! How can self-care helps? Tune it at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele

    Self-Care during Distress

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2022 41:08


    Overwhelmed? In the midst of difficulties? Experiencing painful matters? We can allow distress to consume us, or we can shift caring for ourselves even if life is unfair. Daming hugot at kwento to share with at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele!

    SELF-CARE and YOUR WELL-BEING

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2022 47:00


    When it rains it pours - either blessings or challenges. While we go through unpleasant situations, we still need to actively have self-care! Learn how You can care for you despite difficulties at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele #MicheleAlignay #FeastBooks #FeastTV

    SHOW UP for SELF CARE

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2022 38:07


    When we're unwell, worried, anxious or sick, we drag ourselves to show up! Let's be more bolder in doing what is needed to show up for #SelfCare, even if at times so hard! It just be what is needed to win the day! Learn how we can show up to care for you at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele!

    In Sickness and In SELF-CARE

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2022 31:58


    In sickness and in health - we need Self-Care! Let me journey with you this August (my fave month), to learn more how we can truly take care of ourselves! Tune in at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele #CareforYouSeries.

    Normalizing 'Mental Health' Conversations

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2022 35:40


    The topic we avoid talking about! Yet the more we do not deal with it, the more problems may happen. So let's normalize conversations and know better about mental health so we can help ourselves better! #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele

    Confronting Issues

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2022 29:23


    Issues and concerns, even conflicts, are part of relationships and of life. Di yan tinatakbuhan! You need to face and deal with it! How to confront issues? See you at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele!

    Unhealthy Stress

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2022 40:23


    What is there such thing as healthy and unhealthy stress? How can we tell and how can we rise above it? We miss sitting down over good convo! So see you at #CoffeeBreak w/ #DrMichele!

    Self-Compassion: For You, First!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2022 27:33


    Who are you kinder to, yourself or others? Do you treat yourself the way you treat a dear friend? In the too many to mention happenings and feelings around us, how are we showing compassion for ourselves? Let's reflect about this at #CoffeeBreak w/ #DrMichele!

    Too Many Feels! How to Manage Emotions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2022 31:01


    Too many emotions all over the place! Are you allowing yourself to admit, to name and really feel - even if unpleasant? Baka feel mo ang usapang Feelings and how to manage it at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele

    Changes and Challenges of Motherhood 2.0

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 38:45


    Amidst changes and challenges of motherhood, how to we nurture our relationships with ourselves, as we care for our child? Let's keep the mom spirit thriving at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele

    Changes and Challenges of Motherhood

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2022 32:19


    Motherhood is a different world altogether. It has high and lows, changes and challenges. Let's celebrate moms at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele

    Life After (Child) Loss

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2022 51:08


    We all experience loss in life, and some moms like me - loss their babies. We go through pain only us can understand. So join me as I share my own journey and how I lived life after losing my first born. #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele

    Permission to Be Yourself 2.0

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2022 39:52


    Being too critical about yourself is unhealthy. Learn to be truly more accepting and loving to your one true self! How to be really You? #CoffeeBreak with #DrMIchele

    Permission to Like Yourself

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2022 33:32


    We give ourselves permission to dance, or to feel. yet do we give permission for us to really like our true self - flaws and all? Give yourself permission to reflect over a quick chat at #CoffeeBreak w/ #DrMichele.

    Interpersonal Relations and Elections

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2022 32:09


    Election-related issues are not the issues, it is the depth of communication among families and close groups. So, how can we understand how others communicate and how we can deal with them? Let's #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele.

    Interpersonal Communication and Elections

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 26:21


    In times when issues are looming and emotions are high due to election-related matters, how is your communication with family and close friends? Something to think and talk about at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele.

    Don't Lose You: How to Value Your Self in Relationships

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 39:17


    If you are being nagged by the question, 'Who Am I in this Relationship?' then better do an objective self-check. Start evaluating yourself, and valuing your worth as a person! Know more at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele

    Don't Lose You: Valuing the Self in Relationships

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2022 28:54


    "Di ko na kilala sarili ko." "Who will I be without you?" Sounds familiar? We hear this either in loving relationships, yet, is it healthy? It is how relationships should be? Let's unpack it this week at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele.

    Woman and Career: Aligning the Career with the Woman that You Are

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2022 42:34


    No one size fits all for us women to pursue a career we love, while we care for our family (or other things). Let's discuss how we can be the best of who we can be - work, family and life-mission, only at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele.

    Women and Career

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2022 35:08


    I heard many asked, 'How to have a career and raise a family'? Can women really balance both? Let's reflect about this at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele.

    Women's Wonder and Wisdom 2.0

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2022 29:18


    We have unique traits and roles, along with our inner strength and wisdom, that we should nature as women! Let's nurture the woman we are via #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele

    Women's Wonder and Wisdom

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 37:20


    Women, you are wonderful! Let's celebrate us women, and the women in your lives! Let's have real conversations on how we can appreciate women's wonder and innate wisdom! This week at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele!

    Finding Happiness 2.0

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2022 35:30


    Finding happiness is an inside job. Let's find our inner happiness and check our happiness state at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele!

    Finding Happiness

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 42:41


    Can we be truly really happy even if life is so hard? What is real happiness and how to make happiness a personal project? This week at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele!

    Restoring Your Self-Love 2.0

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2022 44:10


    We need to often check ourselves and how much love are we giving ourselves. How do we fully live out in true love for self? Let's deep dive on this topic at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele.

    Restoring Your Self-Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2022 43:37


    We heard this 'self-love' way too often. We feel we need it or have it? Yet do we truly embrace how we live out that love for ourselves? Let's have a long chat this week about true Love for our Self, at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele!

    How Do I Love Thee? Speaking the Love Languages

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2022 38:15


    Let's learn how we can make the 5 Love Language as a tool to get to know better our loved ones, and deepen our relationships! #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele

    How Do I Love Thee? (The Languages)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2022 34:16


    Want to be loved? Learn how to speak and show love that is real and longed for. Let's learn and love this week at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele.

    Better Together: Being a Resilient Couple

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2022 41:52


    Resilience is not about love alone, or looking strong. We need to confront the difficulties in our relationships, to come out better - together! Join the Alignay couple for #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele.

    Better Together: Being a Resilient Couple

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2022 39:14


    Because it's love month, couple convo naman! Let's talk about how we survived all the issues and concerns (pandemic edition). In relationships. it's not just about the problems but how we cope and work on being better together! Imperfect couples, indeed! P.S. Let's #CoffeeBreak over lunch break with #DrMichele and husband Koots this week! Exciting to, promise!

    Taking Charge to 'Change' 2.0

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022 29:53


    Each change is a chance for us to look within ourselves. The more we resist, the more harder it gets. We need to grow and evolve inside out to make change happen. Let's talk about it at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele.

    Taking Charge of "Change"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2022 33:06


    The constant thing in life is change! True! But there are situations that change can be so hard! Let's unpack how we can be in charge of our "inward change." #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele

    What Can We Do When "We're Drifting Apart"?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 24:20


    What do you need to know if you need to let go? Then, what do you need to work it through and pull together! Make relationships stronger at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele.

    "We're Drifting Apart"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2022 40:28


    "I thought we're so close, but now..." "Parang lumayo siya." "It's like things are not the same." Can you relate with them? Can it be true that we are experiencing relationship drift? Let's bring in real conversation and learn from #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele.

    Small Steps to Work-Life Well-Being

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2022 34:03


    Knowing that the well-being of one, affects the well-being of many, our own well-being is so important. Let's learn how to take the few small steps to be well and whole in good or bad times! #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele

    Work-Life Well-Being

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2022 37:52


    Sa buhay, minsan, sabay sabay or sunod sunod ang mga ganap! Before we knew it, it can actually tip us off. You might be running empty, while trying to hold to fort, and taking care of your family. Wait muna! Sit down first and learn how you can safeguard your own well-being at #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele!

    Helpful Ways to Reboot and Recharge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2022 36:07


    Too many things are happening, way beyond our control! Find time to reboot and recover yourself despite all the challenges the new year bring! Find renewed ways to care more for your and your family's well-being, through #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele.

    Reboot and Recover

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2022 32:19


    Too many things are happening, way beyond our control! Find time to reboot and recover yourself despite all the challenges the new year bring! Find renewed ways to care more for your and your family's well-being, through #CoffeeBreak with #DrMichele.

    Well-Being Myths and Realities

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2021 37:07


    Are you aware of your beliefs about "well-being" if helpful or not on how it is serving you now? Let's chat about some myths may not help, and some realities may need to be reinforced! Our well-being is our responsibility, so sit down and #Coffeebreak with #DrMichele!

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