Headspace: At football or the office, how we behave matters Each month our mental health columnist Alejandra Sarmiento offers her views on staying sane in a challenging world I was at a football match recently. To my left, there was a man, probably in his early 40s. His son, ten years old at the most, sat on the other side of him. For the first [...]
Alejandra Sarmiento: Grief happens in stages HEADSPACE The funeral of Her Majesty the Queen united all in our grief. Grief, like love, is universal. It is a feeling we experience but that words can not always accurately express. Often, it is a deeply personal or familial heartache. We mourn the loss of someone with whom we shared endless morning routines or late [...]
Headspace: Mind over matter doesn’t deliver permanent solutions MENTAL HEALTH Each month City A.M.’s mental health columnist Alejandra Sarmiento writes about the Square Mile’s often-taboo subjects – and how you can deal with them When Catherine The Great visited Crimea in 1787, she was greeted by happy peasants and a backdrop of beautifully decorated villages and towns, triumphal gates and stunning gardens. Even the simple [...]
Headspace: Why imposter syndrome grips even the high-flying July 30, 2022 Each month City A.M.’s mental health columnist Alejandra Sarmiento writes about the Square Mile’s often-taboo subjects – and how you can deal with them Franz Kafka is best known today as one of the most influential writers of the 20th-century. The author of masterpieces such as “The Metamorphosis” and “The Trial,” Kafka was, in fact, [...]