AJ Badiola

What are you praying for regularly? 🙏

This is not an opinion. Not a drama. This is data.

According sa The Global Mind Project ng Sapien Labs, from their Mental State of the World Report 2024, mula sa more than 1M respondents sa 82 countries:

🔴 Walang improvement ang global mental health mula nang bumagsak ito noong pandemic.
🔴 Every younger generation, mas mababa ang mental health kaysa sa mga naunang generation.
🔴 Ang mga young adults (18-34) ang pinaka-apektado — mas mataas ang distress, mas mababa ang resilience, mas mahina ang social at cognitive capacities.
🔴 Ang mga pangunahing dahilan: smartphones sa murang edad, ultra-processed food, at pagkasira ng family bonds at spirituality.

Read that again... EVERY. YOUNGER. GENERATION. Worse than the last.

Now place that reality in the context of the Philippines. We are in the middle of political chaos. Economic pressure. A crisis of leadership and values. And through all of it, our children and our youth are watching. Feeling. Absorbing everything.

What kind of mental state are we building for the next generation of Filipino leaders?

This is where our responsibility begins.

As a parent, talk about mental wellness at home. Build resilience in your children not by shielding them from difficulty, but by walking through it with them.

As an entrepreneur or leader, invest in the mental wellness of your team. A productive person is not just physically present. They are mentally and emotionally whole.

As a responsible citizen, raise the quality of your voice. Stop contributing to online toxicity. Be a source of strength, not noise.

The next generation will inherit everything we build and everything we fail to fix. So the question is not just "what is happening to our country?" The question is "what are YOU doing about it?"

Be aware. Be vocal. Be part of the solution. 🇵🇭💜

Source: Mental State of the World Report 2024 — / Global Mind Project