Tags: Health

The Happiness Dilemma

We all spend hours each day on apps like Instagram, Snapchat, and others. Social media is not a complete waste of time. After all,...

Are Fitness Influencers Actually Promoting Healthy Lifestyles?

By Lucía Nogales Montero It's 22:30 when YouTuber Zoe decides to go to bed. She reflects on her activities of the day: filming a “six-pack...

The Idiosyncratic Beauty of Laughter 

A thin ray of sunshine slips through the terrene autumn leaves, impacting their face and causing a slight saturation of the iris. Sinchornonic movement...

Calorie Count on Staircases at the IE University Tower

As you enter the newly built IE Tower, you’re met with an inspiring, modern, and freeing design. The feeling can be almost overwhelmingly positive,...

The divisive science of Trigger Warnings

Trigger Warnings (TW for short) are a special type of warning at the beginning of an article, video, or blog that states the potential trauma...

Look After Your Mate Workshop: A Quick Look

Disclaimer: the Psychiatric Emergency Hotline is exclusively for psychiatric emergencies and exclusive for the undergraduate community at IE University. Last week, to celebrate World Mental...

IE World Mental Health Days: Gender, Sexuality, Affection, and Mental Health Forum

On October 10, as a part of World Mental Health Day, IE Counseling hosted the Gender, Sexuality, Affection, and Mental Health Forum. Not only...

A look into IE Mental Health Week: Body Image, Social Media, and Disordered Eating

This Tuesday 11 October, I took it upon myself to attend IE Mental Health Week, sponsored by IEU Counseling. I attended the seminar discussing...

Mental Health Week Seminar: Addiction and Recovery: A First-Hand Experience

Monday, October 10th was World Mental Health Day. IEU Counseling took this into consideration and programmed events to focus on specific mental health concerns...

Do We Have a Skewed Definition of Health?

Everyone wants to be healthy, at least to some extent of the term. However, it seems as if society has adjusted the definition of...

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Do We Have Free Will? A Look Into Both Schools of Thought.

The question of whether humans possess free will has been a captivating topic of debate since the time of the Ancient Greeks. This discussion...

From Stamps to Sonny Angels: The Psychology Behind Collecting

Regardless of the items, collecting is an action fundamental to the human experience. Why do we collect and what does it say about us? I fell down a deep rabbit hole pondering over this question and I am happy to share my findings with you.

Gen Z Retrospective: The Menendez Brothers

On the night of August 20th, 1989, Lyle and Erik Menendez, 21 and 18, entered their Beverly Hills home with shotguns in their arms and took their parents’, José and Mary Louise ‘Kitty’ Menendez, lives. What folllowed were chaotic years, bringing us to now, after serving 35 years in prison and a resurgence in their case. How has society's perspective changed?