PSICOLOGIA: LA IMPORTANCIA DE RELATIVIZAR PARA SER FELICES (II)

It is clear then, as we saw in the previous article, that «Relativize» means to consider putting into perspective, questioning, or attenuating the importance, value, or absolute validity of something, recognizing that its interpretation may depend on different circumstances, viewpoints, or frames of reference. To put it simply, relativizing problems means giving them the importance they actually have without dramas, exaggerations, neither more nor less. Continúa leyendo PSICOLOGIA: LA IMPORTANCIA DE RELATIVIZAR PARA SER FELICES (II)

LA AVENTURA DEL TANGO: De la Mejor Estirpe

-Yo entré a la orquesta de Troilo en 1963, en su línea de bandoneones. Un día, tres años después, a Pichuco, en los estudios de la RCA Víctor, le hicieron escuchar una flamante grabación de Goyeneche, ya solista: quedó admirado por el sonido del grupo que acompañaba a su ex cantor. Y preguntó: “¿Quién hizo los arreglos?”. Le contestaron: “Garello”. Continúa leyendo LA AVENTURA DEL TANGO: De la Mejor Estirpe

Deja que te cuente un cuento: El oso Berry

Juan was a widowed man who lived in a hut. He dedicated himself to planting corn and beans. The only thing he kept of his wife was a beige teddy bear with button eyes that had a faint smile. Continúa leyendo Deja que te cuente un cuento: El oso Berry

SALUD: EL EFECTO PLACEBO y NOCEBO

There is a very fine line that separates the mind from the body since most of the sensations that our body experiences are preceded by the mind, that is, «what the mind believes, the body experiences.» Continúa leyendo SALUD: EL EFECTO PLACEBO y NOCEBO

EL PENSADOR: AL BORDE DEL DERRAPE

Cross denunciations between police officers and officials of the same police station, often resolved by shelving the inquiries under the authority of the highest-ranking officer; complaints of various nature and importance from lawmakers against officials, whether retired or still in active duty, including corruption, floating in a viscous sea of generally innocuous political discussions; and complaints of different origins, including those from the Parliamentary Commissioner for this area, reaching the realm of justice, the kingdom of prosecutors, and being consumed by time, while the shadow of mistrust looms ominously over the police institution and the judiciary itself. Ultimately, the stubborn reality of overall failure, of management too damaged by holes of suspicion and meager results from various loudly announced programs, which, until now, and let’s set aside the sometimes laughable and highly manipulated statistics on crimes committed year after year. Continúa leyendo EL PENSADOR: AL BORDE DEL DERRAPE

COLOMBIA: «GETSEMANI, Crisol Turístico de Cartagena»

Crisol, by definition, is a transformative experience through which a person acquires a new or modified sense of identity. This name evokes one of the most famous neighborhoods in the Historic Center of Cartagena de Indias. Crisol symbolizes its family environment and the impossibility of anonymity, expressing its Caribbean essence, a cultural worldview of joy, folklore, gastronomy, and celebration. Continúa leyendo COLOMBIA: «GETSEMANI, Crisol Turístico de Cartagena»