Exercising, eating healthier, learning a language, quitting smoking. If we want to change something in our life to be or be better, the ideal is that we go step by step. Setting goals that are too optimistic leads us to …
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Many of the hobbies with which we fill our days take us away from activities that could provide us with real pleasure and personal development. Martin Seligman –the greatest exponent of positive psychology– identifies three types of strategies in the pursuit of …
Greater resilience allows you to better cope with adversity, reducing negative thoughts and anxiety. Mindfulness meditation helps you develop it. Aria had been sleeping three or four hours a day for almost a month and couldn”t take it anymore. She received the …
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Like the old tree, an old man or woman bows, shrinks, resists. And they continue to bear fruit until the end. It is the penultimate test of wisdom we face: learning to grow old and rediscover the infinite paths back …
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The ability to change is a choice. Deciding implies being able to renounce: comfort, the known. But with that resignation we make ourselves free. When I have to make decisions I feel a certain fear, until a moment comes, when I …
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Musical memory is the last to be lost. In people with dementia, listening to a familiar melody triggers millions of neural connections. In 2013, at a nursing home on Long Island, New York, a caregiver had the idea of putting a 93 …
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Reverse psychology seeks to get people to act in the opposite way to what is asked of them. Although it can be useful in very specific situations, it is a double-edged sword. The psychologist Jack Brehm coined the term reactance, which is …
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Internet has changed the way of relating; many real encounters take place in the virtual environment. But just as they can bring us closer to others, they can draw us away. Experts call them digital natives. They are children and young people born after …
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Walking with a smile, showing gratitude or remembering every night the pleasant moments of the day is good for our health. The protective effect of positive emotions is supported by scientific research. We have to eat well, rest … but, above all, …
Believing in yourself is trusting that your own resources are sufficient to pursue your goals. It is knowing that we have a chance of success but that, if we do not achieve it, we will overcome failure. And, above all, to trust …
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