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Amalia Abla

@amalias.perspective

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✨️Mother | University Instructor | Lifelong Learner✨️
Balancing family life with a passion for education. Sharing insight about life and mental health

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You may have heard of the Five Love Languages, Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Acts of Service, Receiving Gifts, and Physical Touch.

They can help us understand how we give and receive love. But they’re not fixed labels.

Maybe you usually value quality time, but after an exhausting week, having someone take something off your plate makes you feel deeply cared for.

Maybe words mean a lot to you, but today what you really need is a hug.

Our needs can change with the moment, the season, and what we’re going through.

So instead of only asking: “What’s my love language?”

Try asking: “What makes me feel loved lately?”

And even more importantly, ask the people you love: “How can I love you well today?” 🤍

Because loving well is less about knowing a label and more about "paying attention".

[Love Language Series]

#lovelanguages #healthyrelationship #intentionallove #emotionalconnection #amaliasperspective by @amalias.perspective

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DO I KNOW MY WORTH?
Dignity • Identity • The Need to Be Seen ➡️

Where does my worth come from?
Why do I need to feel seen, wanted, or validated?
Who am I when I stop measuring myself through the eyes of others?

Join us for a conversation about identity, self-worth, relationships, and discovering a dignity that no one can give you or take away from you.

Inspired by St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, this talk invites us to look beyond the expectations and judgments of others and rediscover the truth of who we are.

🎤 Speaker: Amalia Abla, Psychology Instructor

📅 Wednesday, October 21, 2026
🕛 12:00 – 12:50 PM
📍 Projection Room (FH -2.17), NDU-Louaize

Organized by NDU Campus Ministry in collaboration with the Department of Religious, Cultural, and Philosophical Studies and the Theology of the Body – Lebanon Office.

✨ Your worth is not something you have to earn. It is something you are invited to discover.

Come as you are. Bring your questions.

#DoIKnowMyWorth #TOBLebanon #SelfWorth #HumanDignity #JohnPaul2 taken in Notre Dame University-Louaize (NDU) by @amalias.perspective

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We don't all experience care in exactly the same way.

You may say, "But I do so much for you!"
And the other person may be thinking,
"I know… but I just want you to sit with me and listen."

One person expresses love by helping.
Another through words.
Another through time and attention.
Another through affection.
Another through thoughtful gestures.

Gary Chapman's well-known Five Love Languages describes five ways people may express and experience love:
Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Acts of Service, Receiving Gifts, and Physical Touch.

But perhaps the most important question isn't: "What's my love language?" It's: "What helps YOU feel loved?" Because loving someone isn't only about giving what comes naturally to me.

It's also learning to pay attention to how love is received by the person in front of me 🤍

[Love Language Series]

#lovelanguages #lovewithintention #healthyrelationship #loveandconnection #amaliasperspective by @amalias.perspective

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10 days ago

Sometimes love is simply paying attention, noticing, remembering, and responding to what someone needs 🤍

Small gestures can carry a powerful message: I see you. I thought of you. You matter.

[Love Language Series]

#lovelanguage #smallgesturesbiglove #feelingseen #intentionallove #amaliasperspective by @amalias.perspective

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15 days ago

This weekend, love came to me in a pot of warm mouloukhiyeh 🤍

My friend’s mom knew I love mouloukhiyeh. She also knew I was tired and consumed with preparing food for my kids to take back to their dorms during the weekend ... So she sent me a big pot.

It may sound like a small gesture. But somehow, the gestures that touch us most are often the simplest ones. Because it wasn’t only about the food.

It was about feeling seen.
Someone noticed what I like.
Someone noticed I was tired.
Someone thought of me while I was busy taking care of everyone else.

We often talk about "love languages", the different ways we give and receive love. But underneath them, perhaps there is an even deeper human need:

To feel known.
To feel noticed.
To feel that I matter enough for someone to pay attention.

Love doesn’t always need grand gestures.

Sometimes it looks like remembering how someone takes their coffee.
Sending a message after a difficult day.
Taking something off their plate without being asked. Making their favorite meal.

The gesture may be small, but the message underneath it is powerful:

I see you.
I know you.
I thought of you.
You matter.

Maybe loving someone well begins with something very simple: Pay attention.

Because when we truly pay attention to one another, we begin to discover the little ways we can say “I love you” without actually saying the words 🤍

#lovelanguage #smallgesturesbiglove #feelingseen #loveinthelittlethings #amaliasperspective by @amalias.perspective

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20 days ago

✨Today, my son sent me a photo of his university ID. Such a simple picture… but somehow, it carried so much.

And just like that, both my children are now university students ❤️

For years, so much of my life revolved around raising them, accompanying them, worrying about them, celebrating their milestones, and trying to prepare them for the day they would step more fully into their own lives.

And then… that day actually comes. The house gets quieter. Their worlds get bigger. And a mother’s heart somehow feels proud, grateful, excited… and a little nostalgic, all at once.

Maybe this is one of the paradoxes of parenthood: we spend years building a home they feel safe in, so that one day they will be free enough to leave it.

A new chapter for them. And, I’m realizing, a new chapter for me too.

Proud mom. Grateful heart. And slowly learning what “home” looks like in this new season.

#motherhood #newbeginnings #proudmommoment #asearchforhome #amaliasperspective by @amalias.perspective

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Have you ever felt most valued when someone needed you?

When they needed your help, your advice, your presence, your strength?

Sometimes, being needed can feel a lot like being loved.

We become the one who listens, fixes, carries, gives… and without realizing it, our sense of worth can become tied to how useful we are to others.

But what happens when no one needs us?

Healthy love allows us to give without losing ourselves, to care without carrying everything, and to receive without first proving that we deserve it.

So here’s a question worth sitting with:

If I stopped being useful to everyone around me, would I still believe I am worthy of love?

What do you think: Have you ever confused being needed with being loved?

#authenticlove #selfworth #relationshiptips #innergrowth #amaliasperspective by @amalias.perspective

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#aug4 #beirutblast #beirutexplosion #healingjourney #asearchforhome by @amalias.perspective

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Grateful for the opportunity to speak alongside Fr. Charbel Fakhry during the spiritual retreat for participants of Fisherman Academy, representing the Theology of the Body Team in collaboration with the Center for Accompaniment and Mediation (CAM), under the Marriage and Family Pastoral Office at Bkerke.

Together, we shared the talk "From Lust to Love: Healing the Heart of the Evangelizer," inviting participants to encounter Christ's healing, rediscover their identity, and grow in the freedom to love and become authentic witnesses of the Gospel.

Thank you to everyone who made this day possible. May the seeds planted continue to bear fruit.

#TheologyOfTheBody #Evangelization #Healing #Formation #YouthMinistry BkerkeJeune by @amalias.perspective

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3 months ago

Just a reminder to let go this weekend 😎

#anxiety #control #letgo #amaliasperspective by @amalias.perspective

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Throwback to my unforgettable trip to Argentina 🇦🇷 an experience I'll always treasure and hope to relive one day.

As the world watches Argentina and Spain battle for football's greatest prize, those beautiful memories come rushing back. One nation will celebrate. The other will grieve.

But when the final whistle blows, the sun will still rise tomorrow. People will go to work, families will gather, prayers will be whispered, and life will continue.

Cheer passionately. Celebrate respectfully. Disagree kindly. Because football is a beautiful game, but it is still just a game.

May the better team win, and may we never lose sight of what truly matters beyond the final score. ⚽❤️

Now it's your turn... Who are you cheering for tonight? 🇦🇷 or 🇪🇸 Let me know in the comments!

#amaliasperspective #worldcup2026⚽️ #argentina #messi #vamosargentina🇦🇷 by @amalias.perspective

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Wrapping up another summer semester with gratitude 🥰

Thankful for the learning, growth, conversations and memories shared along the way.

#summersemester #gratefulheart #university #teaching #amaliasperspective by @amalias.perspective

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