You might often hear that “No news is good news” but it isn’t the case when we talk about recognizing mental health disorders. Those tend to be silent witnesses. People that suffer from depression and anxiety do not recognize so quickly that something is wrong inside of them until it explodes and manifest as external…
Category: Psychology
The Armored Man
I have seen you in front of a mirrow, Armored Man why are you so afraid? Why do you move so rigidly? I try to look into your eyes, but you don’t want to look at me, you see me and lower your sight; Are you afraid of me? Are you afraid of what you…
Expressing Your Uniqueness… The Challenge Of The Century
I still feel the Hype of this promising rhetoric, that has been sold to us by our “society” in the last decades-express your uniqueness, be yourself! Do not let others define your own desires. But, for some reason, it seems to me that the more we push this story, the less “authentic” we become. Just…
On The Road To Transformation
Many people believe transformation means chaos and uncertainty, but actually, the real transformation comes from a source of stillness. On my usual jogging trail in my beloved forest, I couldn’t stop admiring the wonderful stream of autumn colors- the colors of transformation: The once summer bright green dominating the trees scenery being transformed into different…
Women And Career: Can We Have It All?
I confess I used to have a romantic idea about my role of being a woman. When I was a young girl, I loved to play with dolls. I dressed them, fed them and made stories about their lives and whereabouts of their days. I took quite intuitively my role of mother and main caregiver…
The Illusion of Having a Life on Social Media
It was all fun, when I joined Facebook back in 2007. I was about to graduate from University, so it was a very fascinating tool, to have all your friends in one network. There we could post our party photos, exchange information all sorts of events, and talk to eachother. It was a great place…
Are you Suffering from the Accelerated Thinking Syndrome?
This is the hyper-connectivity era. We are coming to the epicenter in our lifetime where we have to deal with billions of bits of information every day; potentially much more than our brain can really afford to process. This has a huge impact in the quality of life we are having nowadays. Do you have…
The Subtle Art of Dealing with People
“A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall” I don´t remember who said that brilliant phrase, but I have treasured it in my mind for more years that I can remember. Many people believe that to be successful in life, especially on the business arena, you have to be assertive, aggressive…
¿Qué Hay Detrás de la Igualdad?
Creo que no ha habido una palabra que más conflicto cause en la historia de nuestra humanidad como el término “igualdad”. Para muchos, la igualdad significa el fin último de las relaciones humanas; en la religión y en la política, el sueño de la igualdad se ha manejado durante siglos, como una forma de ilusionar…
Vulnerability: Confronting The Fear of Failure
Have you heard the saying “Tell me what you fear and I will tell you who you are?” Believe or not, your fears could be the gate which conducts you to your real passion, to your real nature. Have you asked yourself, what fear really is? If we look at the standard definition, you find…
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