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Harvard studied the incidence of happiness on health. Researchers have found that those who are happy live longer and with more quality. What is the incidence of happiness on health? Can happiness lead to good health? That was the hypothesis raised at a symposium on the science of health and happiness …

On many occasions, we think that being too impulsive or “saying things to the face” necessarily imposes a kind of condemnation on us: that of being disrespectful. Nothing is further from reality: sincerity is not necessarily at odds with education. It has more to do with knowing how to send …

Interoception is the ability to recognize the stimuli and sensations our body sends us. The art of inhabiting and understanding this beautiful physical envelope full of connections, receptors, cells and delicate tissues. He sends us the most varied messages, the ones we don’t always hear. However, practices like mindfulness can help …

Language is a fundamental factor in the way we understand life and communicate with the world. Depending on how we use it, it will influence us in one way or another emotionally and intellectually. Thus, Bernard Roth assures that by eliminating two words from the vocabulary, our lives change. This …

Wundt’s experiment was carried out with a kind of thought meter. This instrument was a calibrated pendulum with needles protruding from each side. The pendulum swung from side to side, striking the bells with its needles. Modern psychology uses current psychometry to explain some of its aspects, such as individual …

For almost a decade, we have been living with extremely high levels of unemployment, which has generated multiple losses for people in this situation, in a situation of vulnerability. Mindfulness for the unemployed, among other things, is an effective treatment to combat the discouragement that settles in these people’s lives, and …

Studying for exams can be a tedious and very stressful task. At the same time, immersing yourself in your notes and spending hours and hours repeating and memorizing can be very frustrating,  especially when time passes and you can’t get past the second page. Who has never spent an hour …

Do you know the relationship between ego and Buddhism? Buddhism is one of the few psychological and philosophical currents that deny the inherent existence of the ego. According to Buddhism, the relationship we have to ourselves and others can change. Ego and Buddhism are two inseparable terms. Anyone who wants …

Seneca used to say that when the sun goes down, we see its greatness better. Most of us go through life always looking for “more”: to be richer, prettier, smarter, more loved. Thus, in this state of always wanting to have more than others, we forget that the search for …

Emotional stagnation is not a state that comes because it comes. We are the ones who are in charge of opening the doors for you and, without any obstacles, we give you permission to stay. There are circumstances, times and existences that help to feed it. And none of us …