Blue Monday Blog In 2005 British psychologist Cliff Arnall called out the third Monday of January as most depressing day of the year. To do so, Arnall used a formula that consisted among other things of the weather, debts, salary, failed New Year’s resolutions, vacation that seems far away and a lack of daylight. Although …
Loneliness. How do I connect with others? Loneliness, many of us felt lonely during the corona crisis. According to the RIVM about 80 percent of the student population felt lonely in this time period Do you recognize this? Perhaps you still feel lonely. Or you are afraid to be alone. But what does loneliness actually …
4 challenges to beat the winter blues The summer is over and the days are getting shorter. When you wake up it’s still dark outside. When you’re done with school or work the sun has already set and it gets colder by the minute. It’s the time of the dark winter months an the winter …
How to be balanced in life after an intensive start of your study. ‘’ ‘And in the meantime, we organize things in such a way that we don’t have time to feel what we feel most deeply. Or to feel that something isn’t actually right.’’ Griet op de Beeck Balance. A theme that regularly comes …
A day in the life of Joost – Student Coach at Siggie for Students Have you already seen ‘Siggie for students‘ on your campus and are you curious about what we do exactly? Then you are lucky! Because in this blog I take you through a day in my life as a Student Coach at …
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The art of listening ”We should listen more often and better, and pay more attention to sorrow.” Dirk de Wachter As a coach at Siggie, students often tell me how supportive it is when someone genuinely listens. And just like Dirk de Wachter, I believe that we can mean a lot to each other by …
