Our bodies follow a natural cycle; with hormone levels decreasing or increasing causing sleep or hunger, heart rate rhythms, body temperature control, excretion, concentration, and our life cycle in general. This gives us some context to the fact that our
Burnout = Wake Up Call?
Feeling exhausted on a Wednesday morning might well reflect a stressful everyday life, but recognizing the feeling as being ‘burnt out’ can be life-changing and point towards a serious condition.
Many people work under constant stress, which can evoke symptoms
3 Ways to Tackle the Challenges of Remote Work
Working from home has become the new norm for many of us, especially since the sudden onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the pandemic, remote work and flexible working arrangement are increasingly more common today. Remote work means no more
3 tips on how you can learn to love yourself more
Being able to love ourselves is an important element for self-care. Loving yourself relates to the type of actions you choose to take. Actions that involve doing what makes you happy, following your gut and your heart will increase your
Beat the traffic, do not let it beat you
Let’s face it, who likes to be stuck in traffic? If you live in Malta, you are aware that the traffic situation has become quite bad, it is no longer about avoiding the peak times. Being stuck behind other cars
Mindfulness meditation is not for me
Why all this fuss about mindfulness?
In the ‘Annual Review of Clinical Psychology Journal’, the psychologist Joseph Wielgosz and his team explore the recent strong interest of mindfulness practices in mental health treatment. Below I will describe three
7 life skills every adult should know
NICEF, UNESCO and WHO came up with ten life skills which are considered to be core strategies and techniques that every adult should attain. In this blog I will group these skills into 7, and are listed and explored into
5 ways to achieve your goal
A goal is something that you want to achieve in your life and it can be related to different areas e.g. career, health, friendships, relationships etc . Usually, when a person sets a goal this is because they want to
The concept behind Shmita and the process of “letting go”
Lately, I came across this concept of the Shmita year, while checking Esther Perel’s official social media page on Instagram. The Belgian psychotherapist, Perel, asserted how this concept can call for us all through this year that is; post-pandemic, since
How do you know you are ready to have children?
Having children is considered to be a controversial subject as different people have different opinions. Some plan children from before trying out different methods to conceive, while others are more relaxed and simply lay off contraceptive methods (Kelly, 2021). On the