Langga Speaks Podcast
'Langga' [lang.gâ.] means 'Beloved' in Ilonggo/Hiligaynon, one of the gazillion Filipino dialects. Raising a family as Filipino expats in Dubai is not as simple as it may seem.Join show hosts, Apple and Jeric Defante, for downright honest conversations and full-packed laugh marathons as they share about family, faith and everything in between!
LSP 179: We're Back?
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For the first episode of the year 2024, we present to you the reasons for this season HAHAHAHAHA!
We hope you enjoy this lovely chaotic episode with the best guests yet!
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LSP 178: Do It Afraid
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We all have those moments - the big dreams, the bold ideas, the burning desires that make our hearts pound and palms sweat. They whisper promises of fulfillment, of a life beyond the ordinary, but they're often accompanied by a chorus of doubts, fears, and anxieties. What if I fail? What if I'm not good enough? What if I make a fool of myself?
This episode is for anyone who's ever felt paralyzed by fear, for anyone who's dreamed of something bigger but hasn't dared to take the first step. It's a...
LSP 177: The Blesser or Blessings?
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In our pursuit of happiness and fulfillment, we often focus on the blessings we desire – the material possessions, the recognition, the success.
While these blessings can bring temporary joy, they cannot provide lasting contentment. In this episode, we discuss on how we can shift our focus to the Blesser rather than just the blessings.
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LSP 176: The Art of Letting Go
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Are you ready to LET GO?
In this episode, we share simple ways on how we can LET GO in life. Letting go is difficult but clinging on creates more difficulties. Join us as we share 8 simple ways to help you let go.
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LSP 175: Making Major Decisions
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Are you ready to make that DECISION?
Every decision that comes your way affects your relationship–for good or for bad. In this episode, we talk on how we can create a successful plan together in making a step forward especially in making major decisions in life.
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LSP 174: On World Youth Days & Beyond
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Have you ever been in a "life-changing" journey?
In this episode, we talk about World Youth Days with Unboxing Catholicism's founder Bernz O. Caasi who recently came from the World Youth Day in Lisbon. We talk about our experiences, reflections and realizations that we had in this journey with the youth of the church.
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LSP 173: How to Be Wealthy (Without Losing Your Soul?) with Jonathan Texeira
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Is it really possible to be WEALTHY, without losing your SOUL?
In this episode, we had a joy-filled conversation with one of the hosts of The Catholic Money Show and co-founder of WalletWin, a financial startup that helps everyday Catholics get intentional with Money, to tackle some MONEY matters and how we can approach it especially as a Catholic.
Jonathan together with his wife Amanda, have helped Catholics eliminate debt, build savings, and change the world through generosity. They founded WalletWin from years of personal experience both living it out...
LSP 172: Weathering An Uncertain Season
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We all face uncertain seasons from time to time. No one is exempted.
In this episode, we share some insights on how we can weather an uncertain season with your Langga and share our own uncertain season journey as well.
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LSP 171: Work Is Not A Curse
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Is your WORK a CURSE?
FACT - Our lives are gonna be spent working. In this episode, we discuss on what WORK means to us as followers of Christ.
In this episode, we discuss on how we can go beyond the meaningless, pointless work and journey towards connected work.
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LSP 170: Who Am I?
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‘Who Am I?’
A question of identity. We are living in a post-truth society, where ‘truth’ has become relative. Despite that, we have the capacity not only to seek what is true, good, and beautiful. We also have the capacity to find it.
Join us in this episode as we SEEK the truth together.
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LSP 169: Joyful Surrender
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When we open our hearts to surrender, we release the burden of maintaining our ideals of what a perfect life should be.
We learn to love the life we live in, and let go of faults or mistakes. Lastly, we learn to forgive and not dwell on the past.
In today's episode we'll talk about how we can find power in our pain so that we can arrive at a joyful surrender.
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LSP 168: Strength in Surrender
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We can find STRENGTH in SURRENDER.
There is radical power in surrender. Strength is found in letting go of a clenched fist, and emptying the weight you are holding onto
By surrendering, you release the burden of maintaining what you deem a perfect life should be, and free yourself of the load you carry on your shoulders.
Let go and let God.
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LSP 167: Unfinished Business
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Usapang CLOSURE?
Having unresolved conflict in your relationships–especially in your marriage–creates tension that weighs on both you and your Langga. In this episode, we talk about its effects and on how we can manage it.
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LSP 166: Thank You, Sorry & Goodbye
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Have you ever ended a relationship with someone that left you feeling like there was still something you needed to say?
Yung di ka nakapag-goodbye because you didn't have the opportunity to do so? We find it hard to move on when someone has disappeared from our lives without the opportunity to say something we really wanted to. How do we find closure?
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LSP 165: Stewardship of Treasure
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Are you a good steward of MONEY?
Unfortunately, many reduce this beautiful spirituality to just a “nice way to ask for money.” We don’t get reactive on time and talent, but then when it comes to treasure, we don’t even want to start talking about it.
Why? Because even though money is not the most important thing, the lack of it or even the excess of it, affects the important things in our life.
In this episode, we talk about the final pilar of stewarship - TREASURE...
LSP 164: Stewardship of Talent
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Every skill, talent, and ability is a gift from God. He doesn’t give them to us to keep for ourselves, but to bless others and build His kingdom.
Our talents are God’s gift to us, what we do with them is our gift to God.
Let's talk about how we can we be stewards of the talents entrusted to us.
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LSP 163: Stewardship of Time
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Beginning in conversion, change of mind and heart, this commitment is expressed not in a single action, nor even in a number of actions over a period of time, but in an entire way of life. It means committing one’s very self to the Lord.
In this episode, we talk about the most limited resource entrusted to us - TIME.
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LSP 162: Spirituality of Stewardship
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Are you a good STEWARD?
Do we know what it truly means to be a good steward? Once one chooses to be a disciple of Jesus Christ, stewardship is not an option. In this episode, we will unbox and discover what it means to be have the spirituality of stewardship.
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LSP 161: Living as Easter People
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How do we live as Easter People?
Christians believe they are Easter people because the resurrection of Jesus shows that suffering, disappointment and death can be transformed into new life.
Easter gives us hope – a hope that promises fullness of life.
Let's talk about how to go about living as Easter people.
“We are an Easter people and Alleluia is our hymn of praise!” - St. Augustin of Hippo
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LSP 160: Essentials for Mahal Na Araw and Beyond
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In this episode, we share 6 simple things you can do this Holy Week and Beyond!
Holy week is the culmination of the Lenten season. This is the week where we remember the greatest display of love for humanity.
Have a blessed Holy Week mga Langga!
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LSP 159: Lord, Bad Trip Ka!
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LITONG-LITO KA NA BA?
Lord, what's your direction for me? Where do I begin? Lord, bakit? Worth it pa bang maging Kristyano nowadays?
These are some of the questions we have every now and then. In this episode, we invited over our home, one of our priest friends, Fr. Jeamboy Mayo OFM Cap. The story 20-year journey towards his chosen vocation is truly a gift in itself.
We tackle things like:
LSP 158: A.L.A. Lang 3rd Anniversary
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Ask Langga Anything 3rd Anniv Edition!
Salamat mga Langga for journeying with us this past 3 years, we're so blessed to be able to still do this with all of you. In this episode, we answer questions like:
and many more including mala-Jordan Peterson cheverloo daw. We pray to be able to serve you...
LSP 157: Aids for Discernment
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Are there tools or aids we can use in discerning?
In this episode, we'll tackle the aids we can use in our practice of discernment. In this concluding episode for the series of the Catechesis of Discernment, we discuss the indispensable aids one can use hat can help us rightly to discern God’s will for our lives and our happiness.
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LSP 156: The Need To Be Vigilant
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Are you VIGILANT?
Or do you just relax after discerning and making a good choice? There is an attitude that is essential if we want all the work done to discern for the best and take the good decision is not to be lost, and this would be the attitude of vigilance.
We have to take this step to ensure that we do not go back to the beginning more so end up worse than where we were.
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LSP 155: How To Know a Good Choice
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Is your choice a GOOD CHOICE?
In this episode, we discuss how do you determine and discern if the choice you made was good? How can we catch the signs that confirm it or those that disprove it.
We continue unboxing Pope Francis' Catechesis on Discernment to discuss the aspects to determine if we made a good decision or not.
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LSP 154: Usapang Feb-Ibig with Tag 91.1
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Short but sweet episode muna tayo for this week :)
Sharing with you our guesting sa Tag 91.1 about love, commitment and anything Feb-ibig related, hope you enjoy this super fun conversation.
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LSP 153: The True Consolation
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How do you know if it's a TRUE CONSOLATION?
As we continue on our series on the Catechesis on Discernment, we talk about how do we determine authentic and true consolations versus the fake ones. It's an important question to ask cause we can easily be deceived in our search for true good.
Join us as we journey on unraveling what true consolation looks like.
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LSP 152: The Beauty of Consolation
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DO YOU HAVE INTERIOR JOY?
The person who experiences consolation never gives up in the face of difficulties because he or she always experiences a peace that is stronger than the trial. In this episode, we unbox yet another element of discernment - CONSOLATION.
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LSP 151: Essential Unrest
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“ Why are we desolate?”
This is the question that the Catechesis of Discernment by Pope Francis answers. In this episode, we talk about in a way where we can truly see how having this unrest is actually essential in living a full life.
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LSP 150: Darkness of the Soul
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Do you feel DISTANT from GOD?
Desolation as defined in the Catechesis of Discernment are those moments when we experience interior darkness, unrest and distance from God and from the consolations of faith.
We all face this in one form or another, but the challenge here is how to interpret it, because it too has something important to tell us, and if we are in a hurry to free ourselves of it, we risk losing that message.
In this episode, we discuss how moments of sadness...
LSP 149: How To Keep Dreaming
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Do you still DREAM?
Dreams give you the push to hope and to work on something good. It's difficult to do so though when you're faced with challenges but these are the times where dreaming together is crucial.
In this episode, we talk about how we can keep our dreams alive even when life is full of uncertainties.
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LSP 148: Marriage is Difficult
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Today, we celebrate our 6th Wedding Anniversary. We really feel like it's the 16th! HAHA!
Nevertheless, we discuss and share in this episode the difficulties we have faced in our 6 years as husband and wife.
On their wedding day, the bride and groom promise to be faithful to each other “for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part.” Sooner or later, all couples face the “worse,” “poorer,” or “sickness” in their marriage. At these times of difficulty, it's good to know that you ha...
LSP 147: No Fear, New Year
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Are you ready for this 2023?
We pray that we may face the New Year with more courage knowing that we exist for the audience of ONE, to glorify Him with the way we move forward in life.
In this episode, we want to affirm an equip you with God's vision for your life so you may face 2023 with more courage and clarity.
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LSP 146: Best Gift You Can Give This Christmas
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MERRY CHRISTMAS mga Langga!
We pray that you may receive the love that Jesus brings.
In this episode, we want to share some gift ideas that can have a permanent impact in your relationships beyond what the gifts under the Christmas tree can give.
ARE YOU READY TO LOVE MORE LIKE JESUS?
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MAMASKO PO!
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LSP 145: A Restful Christmas With Your Langga
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Do you want a RESTFUL Christmas?
If you want to rest, reflect, and rejuvenate during the holidays, you’ll have to be very intentional about doing so.
In this season, it’s easy to slip into a people-pleasing mode just to keep everyone happy. The problem is, this can easily distract you from what the season is all about.
Join us as we share some tips on how you can make this Christmas restful for you and your Langga.
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LSP 144: Elements of Discernment."The book of one's own life"
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Have you read the BOOK of your LIFE?
Pope Francis said "Our life is the most precious “book” we have been given, a book that unfortunately many do not read, or rather they do so too late, before dying."
As we continue on discussing DISCERNMENT, we discuss another important element of it. Knowing one’s own life story is, let’s say, an essential ingredient for discernment.
Have you read yours?
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LSP 143: I Love You Isn't Enough
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What does your your ‘I love you’ mean?
Join us in this episode as we talk about what the words "I love you" really mean. In a world where these phrase is taken for granted, we revisit what it truly means for us as followers of Christ.
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LSP 142: Elements of Discernment: The Desire
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What do you want from your life?
As we continue in unboxing the Catechesis of Discernment by Pope Francis, we discuss in today's episode - DESIRE.
Discernment is a form of searching, and searching always stems from something which we lack but which we somehow know — we have intuition.
This knowledge according to Spiritual teachers refer to it as “desire” - fundamentally, is a nostalgia for fullness that never finds complete fulfilment, and is the sign of God’s presence in us.
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LSP 141: Elements of Discernment: Self-Knowledge
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Do you really know yourself?
As we continue unboxing the Catechesis on Discernment, we talk about the other element that makes a good discernment: Self-Knowledge.
According to Pope Francis, discernment involves our human faculties: memory, intellect, will, affections. It's not easy but it's essential for us to reflect on this in order for us to discover our place in life.
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LSP 140: Familiarity with the Lord
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How do you relate to Jesus?
As we continue on discussing the Catechesis on Discernment, we discuss the message of how prayer is fundamental in discerning.
According to Pope Francis - Prayer is an indispensable aid for spiritual discernment, especially when it involves the affective dimension - meaning we talk to God and address God with simplicity and familiarity.
Are we intimate and pray to the Lord with familiarity?
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