“Body-shaming”, a term that is constantly heard in the media, but many do not know its exact meaning. It refers to the shame that people feel about their body, due to the negative criticism they receive from their wider social circle.
The phenomenon of gender-based violence takes place daily worldwide. "Gender-based violence" refers to violence directed against a person on the basis of their sex, gender, gender characteristics or sexual orientation and includes acts that cause emotional, physical, mental or sexual harm or suffering, threats of such actions, coercion and deprivation of the person's freedom. This is a phenomenon that in the vast majority affects women and LGBTQI+ people.
Over the past 15 years the focus of Organizational Psychology has gradually shifted from the context, which is often unfeasible or unprofitable to change, to the individual, i.e. the employee.
Most organizations have no idea how much the stress of employees costs their organization each year. A study from Princeton NJ (Foster & Co Higgins ) reported that health costs the average business 45% of its net profits.
The fast pace of everyday life and the increasing demands that are constantly created can be stressful. At first it may seem difficult to manage the stress, but that doesn't mean it can't be done.
The modern era is characterized by the increasing demands in all areas of a person's life. While traveling was once about specific professions, today more and more people of different professions travel for business reasons. A business trip can have a positive effect, not only because it’s a source of professional opportunities, but also because it gives a person a sense of freedom and independence by reducing the routine and giving the opportunity to know different places and people.
Sadness and melancholy are completely normal and expected emotions as organism’s reactions to a traumatic – stressful event (bereavement, rejection, illness,divorce). Although, when the duration and intensity of these emotions are at high levels and we can’t manage them, depression begins to appear. Despair and abandonment have a dominant role in the person’s daily life.
Burnout is a syndrome of physical and mental exhaustion, in which a person is overwhelmed by feelings of stress and loss of interest and any positive emotions. The person is not satisfied with their work, forms a negative image of himself and is unable to deal with problems that arise.
