The author and psychologist walter riso reflects on the challenges of Covid-19, isolation and how we can face this type of adversity.
Those of us who on December 31, 2019 said «surprise me, 2020», never imagined that our expectations would be so widely exceeded. a with quarantines that seem like they won’t end, social isolation and a disease that we still don’t know how to treat. Anyone would go out of his mind.
Riso speaks precisely of all this in his last book stronger than adversityin which it provides tools to deal with events that stress us out and that do not depend on us, such as the pandemic and the way in which our way of relating has changed.
How to face adversity according to psychologist Walter Riso
In this book, the author shows us how suffering can become a means to an end and for this he gives us some tips:
- You are stronger than you think: Your inner warrior is designed to defend you and it will, you just have to decide. You will be surprised to discover how strong you are in extreme situations.
- Self-determine: Learn to take control of your own life in a conscious way, realizing that only you are the one who decides about yourself.
- Think critically: Now that fake news is distributed on social networks as if it were true, you cannot swallow it whole, you must corroborate the information, verify sources and contrast different points of view. Knowledge gives you security.
- Clear your mind of negative emotions: Learn to identify and manage emotions such as uncertainty, sadness and anger, for example, understanding the difference between possibility and probability, identifying what depends on you and what does not, etc.
We know that you were left wanting to know more, that’s why we share with you below the complete interview that Walter Riso gave us for our Women Up podcast.
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Although he was born in Italy, he is perhaps the most famous psychologist in all of Latin America; in fact, he has Colombian nationality. Specialist in cognitive therapy, master in bioethics and doctor in psychology, he alternates patient care with teaching (trains therapists) and writing.
Although he has written fiction, such as the novel Vesuvius Pizzeriamost of his books are essays with which he puts psychological tools at the service of readers so that they can better handle various situations, especially about relationships.
Some of his most recognized books are:
– Love or depend?
– fall in love with you
– love and do not suffer
– the limits of love
– Highly dangerous love
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