"I often find that the responsibility of seeking help, ensuring that mental health concerns do not develop into mental ill health, and managing services remain to lie with the individual." - who else is responsible for mental health support?
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The Goalless Diaries III.: Purpose doesn’t have to be loud
This is the third chapter of The Goalless Diaries, covering the months of June to September 2023 – read the first chapter here and the second here. 01.06.2023 I was thinking about why I can make decisions so fast and quick sometimes, and why I struggle other times. So I realised that when I can't … Continue reading The Goalless Diaries III.: Purpose doesn’t have to be loud
Four things to do when you feel signs of a stress overload – a quick recipe
When there’s a bit too much work, and a bit too much to sort out in my personal life, I become easily distressed. While I do try to prevent such emotionally overwhelming situations from developing at the first place, they do still happen ever now and then. I tend to be in shock, forget about … Continue reading Four things to do when you feel signs of a stress overload – a quick recipe
What makes good literature, and mental health interventions
The other day I was reading a website called 1749: it’s about contemporary literature curated in Hungary (both Hungarian literature and international literature translated to Hungarian). I read a poem by the Iranian Garous Abdolmalekian and then an essay written by the poem’s Hungarian translator Martin Szekely. Martin shared an interesting reflection about his encounters … Continue reading What makes good literature, and mental health interventions
Choosing not to normalise stress
About ecosystems where even a Sunday brunch can be stressful - and why that's not okay
Where is “home”?
The other day I was asked to define what home means. What a tricky question it was! For me, home was in the outskirts of Budapest for a long time. Until I was 20, never did I question that I home could mean anything else, anywhere else. Then I moved abroad. The first months were … Continue reading Where is “home”?
Untold Stories I: Making realities visible – Interview with Ada Sanchez, TEA Family Salta
The Untold Stories is a series of conversations from The Travelling Psychologist blog with people who stand up for their dreams, their goals, and who fight for a more equal world.
The Three-Things-a-Day trick, or just another system for self-organisation!
Being organised is a highly promoted skill nowadays. There’s an abundance of self-help books and LinkedIn experts guiding us on how to squeeze a little bit more productivity and efficiency out of our 24 hours a day. I have also tried different ways of taking leadership in my own time management. I moved from listing … Continue reading The Three-Things-a-Day trick, or just another system for self-organisation!
Why I decided to dive despite my fear of being underwater: chasing the empirical experience of life
In 2022 I made my decisions based on whether doing - and at times not doing - something could lead to an experience for me.
The Travelling Psychologist: where scientific theory meets field research
It was my first research trip after COVID lockdowns and disruptions – coming back to a place I had spent an invigorating and productive year of research and data collection in 2018-19. But I approached this trip with some trepidation – the Delhi I had known just a few years ago had been ravaged by … Continue reading The Travelling Psychologist: where scientific theory meets field research
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