“Resilience is the art of navigating torrents” – Boris Cyrulnik A ‘wonderful adversity’. Resilience represents both the capacity of an individual to cope with everyday life, but also his or her mental capacity to get back on track, to open up new perspectives and to make a new start. It is therefore a psychological phenomenon …
“Increscunt animi, virescit volere virtus” the spirit grows and strength is restored by the wound – outlined Nietzsche, in the 19th century. Others, such as Grigori Rasputin who, through the process of hormesis, became immune to cyanide by gradually taking large doses, experienced it during their lifetime. This is antifragility. This concept, almost straight up …
We have all had the desire, one day, to change one of our habits or a behavior (stop smoking, get up earlier in the morning…). But change can be frightening, especially because it implies novelty on the one hand, and because we often think that we will not be able to change our habits on …
Vous-êtes-vous déjà demandé ce que voulait dire le moment présent ? Sa signification est évidente me diriez-vous. Mais avez-vous déjà pris le temps d’y penser réellement, de prendre ce mot, le retourner, en chercher l’essence et surtout d’essayer de le vivre ? Aujourd’hui, nous assistons à un temps où la notion du présent a été déshabillée de ses …
Devenir plus productif passe par un apprentissage du respect de ses propres limites et de ses propres besoins dans le travail. Entre risques psychosociaux, qualité de vie au travail, stratégie de productivité et liens sociaux, c’est à travers des outils psychométriques (tests de personnalité) que nous abordons aujourd’hui cette thématique de psychologie du travail. Quelques …
Can you quickly introduce yourself: who are you, what has been your career path and where are you today? Hello ! My name is Maria Alice and I am currently finishing my psychiatric internship. I studied medicine and then chose to specialize in mental health. The psychiatry residency lasts four years and consists of eight …
Are you a smoker yourself, or do you have a loved one who smokes? Then you could benefit from reading this article! We share with you a lot of information about tobacco that you probably don’t know and some tips to help you or your loved ones to finally switch to the non-smoking side. Tobacco: …
“It is with logic that we prove and with intuition that we find” – Henri Poincaré Intuition – definition According to Daniel Kahneman, we function according to two systems of thought, one governed by reason and slow, the other faster and dominated by intuition. The latter, while more prone to error, is nevertheless an important …
Why is this? The issue of forgiveness can refer to both the forgiveness that is asked for and the forgiveness that is given. In the case of self-forgiveness, one and the same person is responsible for both. It may seem a little strange to imagine a situation where we would have to apologize to ourselves, …
What is fear? Fear. Whether it paralyzes us, makes us want to run away or turns us into a dragon, it can seem uncontrollable and deprive us of all possible reactions. Maybe for you, fear is called anxiety, that voice that keeps whispering in your ears that what you are doing “is never good enough” …
