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Do you think positive?Does wishful thinking really work?
Hi, and thank you for reading me.I wish I could be more consistent in showing up here on the blog, but the past few weeks have been intense, demanding, and somewhat painful.After almost 13 years, we said goodbye to our Alberto — a French bulldog with, by now, a deeply human soul. Those who, like…
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Flourishing Happiness: Eudaimonic Well-Being
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…
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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…
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Responsibility and Gratitude
In these last days spent in Italy, I had the great fortune and honor of meeting Lama Michel (http://kunpen.ngalso.org) and listening to some of his teachings. Simple, yet precious. Reflections on the present, on meditation, on gratitude. Absorbing those words like water was truly nourishing. When I decided to deepen my studies—to give shape, formality,…
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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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Counseling through a Bio-Psycho-Social Lens
Hello and welcome!I’d like to open the blog section by shedding some light on the counseling profession—often described as a “helping profession.” I believe I’ve always been a counselor, in a natural and intuitive way. Drawn to listening, curious about people’s lives, and innately empathetic. I remember, some twenty years ago, sitting in a therapist’s…
