Reducing stress can help us live longer (and better). It is no secret that stress, as we know it, is highly harmful to health. Stress can be the cause of multiple somatic and psychological illnesses. Therefore, reducing it can be a life insurance policy. The million-dollar question is, how can we reduceContinue Reading
You’ve probably heard or read at some point that meditation provides many health benefits, both physically and emotionally. However, you may not have heard as much about how meditation helps you to be more productive, perform better, and make it easier to achieve your goals. The pace of life today isContinue Reading
A sense of humor gives us a comic point for laughter and escape. Laughter relaxes us: it brings with it a feeling of freshness and calm. Knowing how to tell jokes and how to make those around you have fun improves social communication and relationships, because who doesn’t want to have someoneContinue Reading
According to some studies, the position in which we sleep is crucial in our lives. Some of these positions help improve our health. Depending on how we position our body, we can either intensify our rest, facilitate the normal development of our functions and organs, and feel completely relaxed. Up, down, rightContinue Reading
The impact of stress on our health is difficult to measure . Firstly, because stress cannot manifest itself in just one way. Secondly, because the physiological symptoms of stress can be produced partially or almost entirely by other emotions. On the other hand, we have to take into account that stressContinue Reading
The stereotypes we hold are closely associated with the image we have of groups. A simplified image, with few details. We use this image to value all members of the same group equally and it serves to justify certain behaviors. Although each stereotype is different and is made up ofContinue Reading
Have you ever felt the urge to eat something sweet to feel better? Sugar is socially associated with goodness, richness, and pleasure. Jean de la Fontaine said, “A sweet thing is a true friend.” But is it possible that we should change this common perception? We have been fond ofContinue Reading
What would we be without dreams? We have dreams of all kinds and woe betide those who do not have them. Dreams are desires to which a hope of materialization is attached. In this sense, recent research has shown how having dreams significantly improves our health. Specifically, Álvaro Pascual-Leone , professor of Neurology at HarvardContinue Reading
Humor is one of those elements that naturally helps us release stress. With it, big problems stop seeming so big, and people who could intimidate us seem smaller. In this sense, it can liven up any evening or brighten up any cloudy day. Thus, humor as therapy is a fundamentalContinue Reading
What do you do in your free time? Do you have hobbies or pastimes that allow you to distract yourself and disconnect? Or are you one of those who do not have time for such things or even one of those who consider that it is a way of wastingContinue Reading