Crossroads Coaching & Psychology - English speaking

03/04/2021

Video tools take a toll on both kinds of personalities—sometimes in surprising ways.

07/02/2021

Keep stress from the Covid pandemic and other events under control by sticking with these daily practices.

29/04/2020

A little control in our lives can make a big difference in feeling less helpless during times of isolation

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_stop_feeling_so_helpless_during_quarantine

Research suggests some ways to find a sense of control when you're feeling helpless.

29/04/2020

What day is it? The effect of isolation on our cognitive health

If it feels like your brain is turning into mush, you're not alone. Experts say it all has to do with how the pandemic is affecting our cognitive health -- meaning, our ability to clearly think, learn and remember.

03/04/2020

Relatedness, autonomy and competence are basic psychological needs, just as food, water and air are basic physical needs. A recent study shows that our need to connect (~relatedness) is apparently as fundamental as our need to eat.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-loneliness-of-the-social-distancer-triggers-brain-cravings-akin-to-hunger/?fbclid=IwAR1S2Dnq8Ffti9kjIMTvbbS1fjQMfnXy3gboewjeRn-96B5cp9zf_sZynbQ #

A study on isolation’s neural underpinnings implies many may feel literally “starved” for contact amid the COVID-19 pandemic

31/01/2020

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22/10/2019

Half of our waking hours are spent at work and unsurprisingly, our experience in the workplace is one of the most influential factors to our well-being. Despite the fact that the impact of work alone on personal identity, self-esteem and social recognition is hard to express in numbers, it is agreed that the workplace environment has a significant effect on an individual’s mental health and well-being. [ 834 more words ]

Half of our waking hours are spent at work and unsurprisingly, our experience in the workplace is one of the most influential factors to our well-being. Despite the fact that the impact of work alo…

22/10/2019

From the moment children start Middle or Secondary School, they encounter a whole new world. Not only are they the youngest ones instead of the seniors in their school community, they gain independence, ‘free’ access to the internet and social media, a changing body, crazy hormones and a rapidly changing brain that is exploding with new neurological connections. With all this turmoil and uncertainty, from the changes of puberty to questions about who they are and where they fit in, it isn’t always easy to differentiate between normal teenage growing pains and depression. [ 1,628 more word ]

From the moment children start Middle or Secondary School, they encounter a whole new world. Not only are they the youngest ones instead of the seniors in their school community, they gain independ…

22/10/2019

What is it and what can you do to prevent it? Entrepreneurs are passionate and driven people, often more so than people that work for an employer. That passion and drive can also make it difficult to maintain a healthy work/life balance. When the passion turns into overdrive and the self is so very much entangled with the business, entrepreneurs are in danger of burning out. [ 446 more words ]

What is it and what can you do to prevent it? Entrepreneurs are passionate and driven people, often more so than people that work for an employer. That passion and drive can also make it difficult …