About

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Hi, I’m Kristen…

I’m so glad you’re here.

I’m a wife, a mom, and someone who’s been fascinated by what it means to live a long and healthy life for as long as I can remember.

Long before motherhood, I loved learning about nutrition, movement, sleep, and the small everyday choices that shape our wellbeing. I grew up in an Adventist school where caring for your body was simply part of everyday life, and that curiosity stayed with me into adulthood. I’ve taken a daily supplement for years, it became one of the first small rituals I made truly my own.

By the time I became a mom, I thought I had a pretty good understanding of how to take care of myself.

Then my daughter arrived. And motherhood changed everything.

Not because I stopped caring. But because the way I had cared for myself no longer fit the life I was living. I knew what was good for me. I just couldn’t seem to make it happen anymore. And the quiet disappointment of that, of knowing and still not doing, was something rarely really talked about.

The advice wasn’t wrong. It just wasn’t built for the season I was in.

That experience changed the questions I started asking. Instead of wondering “what’s the perfect routine?” I began asking “what does taking care of myself actually look like in this season?”

That question became Daily Ginhawa.

Daily Ginhawa is my way of exploring what it means to care for ourselves through the lens of motherhood; drawing from research, everyday experience, and Filipino values like alaga, ginhawa, and kapwa.

I don’t believe moms need another trend to follow or another routine to perfect. I believe the way we care for ourselves should grow with the season we’re in.

Here you’ll find honest stories, practical ideas, and the small rituals that have helped me care for my katawan, diwa, and kapwa. I also share the products I personally use, the lessons I’m still learning, and the things that have made caring for myself feel a little more doable.

My hope isn’t that you’ll do everything I do. It’s that you’ll find what caring for yourself can look like in your own season.

These days my family and I live in Italy, but I’m still writing with Filipino moms in mind, because that will always feel like home.

Thank you for being here. I hope this space brings a little more ginhawa into your everyday, one small ritual at a time.

With love,

Kristen

P.S. I’d love to get to know you, too.

Let’s be friends on Instagram.

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