Stress, trauma, and burnout are hot topics in humanitarian mental health. Humanitarians are at risk for all three.

Understanding the difference between them can help you use appropriate prevention strategies, spot early warning signs, and recognize when you need extra support.

For most of us, it is difficult to make a request from someone, or to say no to a request. We might feel uncomfortable to say no to an unreasonable request while feeling anxious to make even a perfectly reasonable one ourselves. We might end up not getting what we want and doing things we don’t want to..

Here is a simple step by step technique to help you getting what you want.

When things go wrong some of us become super stressed, ready to blow their fuse or panicky. Others might respond to a crisis becoming shut down, numb or frozen. A few others, when faced with disaster, might keep their calm and be grounded and have a calming effect on everybody around them.

Have you ever wondered why? And how to change it?

We all have times when we feel fed up, tired and unmotivated.

When we need something to uplift our mood and boost our energy.

A quick but effective pick me up.

As a humanitarian, you’re faced with all kinds of stress: traumatic stress, chronic stress, and organizational stress.

Day in and day out, these stressors can take a toll, wearing down your resilience and making it harder and harder to cope.