Tag: stress

  • Perche' ho smesso di cercare una piattaforma e ho iniziato a cercare un luogo

    The months have slipped by quietly, and somehow we’ve already reached the middle of the year. I’ve spent this time learning to live with yet another change, one I consciously chose. I came back to Italy. Just for a while. To see what it would feel like. To reconnect with the part of me that…

  • Felicità e benessere eudamonico

    Happiness is not a single concept. There are different paths to pursue it, and two in particular stand out: hedonic pleasure and eudaimonic well-being. Hedonism is the pursuit of immediate pleasure: enjoyable experiences, short-term gratification, the “here and now” with minimal effort. It’s like a sip of fresh water on a hot day—intense, satisfying, but…

  • Diet Culture and Mindful eating

    I deepened my counseling studies also for myself—to rationalize what, perhaps, had always been instinctive. I was seven the first time I heard someone talk about my weight. From behind the kitchen door, I listened in. It was my father, worried about how much weight I had gained over the past year. He was speaking…

  • **Io e lo Yoga Nidra: un viaggio verso l’ascolto interiore**

    Today, I’d like to share how I discovered Yoga Nidra — and why it became such an important part of my life. My love for yoga began just over a decade ago, sparked by persistent back pain that lingered after a fracture. I had tried everything: exercises, diet, osteopathy, endless advice — but nothing worked.…

  • Il burn out nelle professioni di aiuto: prevenirlo, gestirlo e curarlo con un approccio bio psico sociale

    Burnout in Helping Professions: Preventing, Managing, and Healing Through a Bio-Psycho-Social Approach

    The term burnout syndrome was first explored and studied in the 1970s by German-American psychiatrist Herbert Freudenberger. In 1974, he used the term burnout to describe the process of physical and mental exhaustion affecting professionals working in high-stress environments, such as healthcare workers and volunteers. Freudenberger observed that after a period of intense dedication, these…

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