Category: EMOTIONAL HEALTH

Although there is not much talk about it, workplace bullying is a reality. Harassment at work happens when someone takes advantage of their position of superiority to humiliate someone else. It is estimated that in Europe there are 8% of cases. For this reason, it is an issue that should not be taken lightly and […]

Why am I not getting my purposes? If there is one thing that goes hand in hand with the New Year, besides the cotillion and the grapes, it is the purposes for the coming year. As the Christmas season approaches, we begin to look back and assess the year that ends. We think about what […]

Abraham Maslow was a humanistic psychologist who established a theory about human motivations and needs, which makes us act the way we do and not otherwise.  This theory, commonly known as Maslow’s Pyramid, establishes that our actions are born from a motivation to direct us towards an objective that is to cover certain needs. These […]

Many times, when we have a problem, an unknown situation or a new opportunity, the first thing we do is have some negative thoughts. For example, when we do a job interview it is very common to think that they will not give us the position or when we do an exam we think we […]

Something society has to do is improve people’s self-confidence. Not having enough self-confidence causes emotional pain and predisposes people to act as if they don’t trust themselves. This also causes other problems, such as being treated by other people as if they constantly need help. Changing this situation is possible. To achieve this, you must […]

Laughter is an act, it is actually a psychophysiological response, which appears from thoughts and emotions when something funny is perceived or imagined. This act begins in the mind, but the benefits of laughter are both physical and psychological. There are several studies that show this. Now, we are going to explain the main advantages […]

Empathy is a quality that not everyone has today. However, we should all learn to listen through empathy because it teaches us many things. We put aside our feelings to put ourselves in the shoes of the other person, it teaches us to love, to know the needs of others and perhaps to fill a […]

Many times we have our life organized with a daily routine, which we may like more or less, but something happens that makes us change. It can be a change of home, job or even a family situation. The feeling that invades us in these situations is not usually positive. Most people are afraid of […]

Did you know that laughter is something very positive for our organism? When we laugh we feel a sense of well-being and euphoria. In addition, we feel that our problems are minimized, this is a scientifically proven fact. Several scientific studies have shown that after laughing the cerebral cortex produces a series of electrical impulses […]

Have you heard about the Plutchik’s Wheel and basic emotions? It may not sound like you but it is a simple and great tool to understand the origin of emotions. It is the reference that we should use during the process of self-knowledge.  The creator of the Plutchik’s Wheel is Robert Plutchick. He created it […]