Martina, Author at Triple Threat

Fear you not

I was inspired to write this post on my last mountain quest in south of Spain. I love trips to the nature, they give me a sense of freedom and restfulness after spending long hours in a seated position enclosed within 4 walls (which is not a very rare position for most of us lately…). This last trip, however, added something else in the mix of effects on me because the climb was very long (6h) and very, VERY steep, both going up and down.

For a lively image of my experience, here are some photos: read more

Visualization

Hi everyone, hope I find you in good physical and mental shape in this post-quarantine period. I am not quite finished with home confinement, but it is mostly because I choose it. In this post I’ll share with you an article I wrote for Croatian portal for female basketball. You can find the original post here: Vizualizacija – Ženska košarka. This post will target basketball players, but ideas can easily be extrapolated to different profiles of people.

In the middle of COVID chaos in Croatia I decided to give back to a community that played a great role in my upbringing writing an article about a psychological technique – imagery, also known as visualization. This mental tool, apart from usefulness in daily routines, is particularly handy for those who are injured and need to take a break, or in this case, during confinement periods which don’t allow trainings on a basketball court. read more

Cambio climático

English version

He sido un poco pesada últimamente hablando sobre el cambio climático. Pero creo que no he sido lo suficiente. Hay que informar a la gente hasta que se convierta en algo tan claro como el agua y plenamente comprendido, ese es mi objetivo.

En este post intentaré acumular fuentes de información que todo el mundo debería conocer. Este es el primer paso: la educación.

Evidencias del cambio climático

Aumento de la temperatura global
Océanos cálidos
Reducción de las capas de hielo
Retiro a nivel glaciar
Aumento del nivel del mar
Eventos extremos
Acidificación de los océanos (debido a que los seres humanos emiten más dióxido de carbono a la atmósfera y, por lo tanto, son más absorbidos por los océanos).

¿Por qué sucede esto?

Efecto invernadero (debido a la emisión de gases)
Actividad humana
Industrias
- Consumo excesivo y residuos
- Deforestación
- IMBÉCILES
Irradiación solar
¿Cuáles son los efectos?
- Aumento de la temperatura
- Cambio de estaciones
- Sequías y olas de calor
- Reducción de alimentos, escasez de agua
- Huracanes y otros eventos extremos
- Elevación del mar
- Disminución de la calidad del aire
Tweet de Olsen:

Communities in #Greenland rely on the sea ice for transport, hunting and fishing. Extreme events, here flooding of the ice by abrupt onset of surface melt call for an incresed predictive capacity in the Arctic @BG10Blueaction @polarprediction @dmidk https://t.co/Y1EWU1eurA read more

Mindfulness

English version

Mindfulness es simplemente estar en el aquí y ahora. El presente es el único momento en el cual puedes darte cuenta de tus sensaciones, del pensamiento y ser consciente de tu ser.

¿Para qué es necesario?

En el mundo de los videojuegos, un milisegundo puede determinar el resultado de una competición. Significa que los jugadores necesitan aprender rápidamente los errores del pasado, estar unos pasos por delante para superar al equipo contrario, pero como una constante – un jugador debe estar centrado en sus propias acciones y en la interacción con el equipo en el momento presente. Estamos hablando de hacer malabares con tres puntos en el tiempo: pasado, presente y futuro. Esto a veces puede ser complicado… read more

Mindfulness

Versión española

Mindfulness simply means being in the here and now. Present moment is the only time you can be aware of your sensations, your thoughts and your being.

Why does it matter?

In the world of videogames one millisecond might determine the outcome of a competition. It means that players need to pick up quickly on the past mistakes, be a few steps ahead to outplay the opposing team, but as a constant – a player should be centred in their own actions and team interaction in the present moment. We are talking here about juggling three points in time: past, present and future. This can sometimes be tricky… read more

I don’t have time

Hi, it’s me. It’s been a long time, I know. (insert excuses that are pure bullshit and move on to the real thing). So, this topic seems like a good fit for the current situation.

As we chronologically grow older there are many ‘truths’ we begin seeing as patterns in our lives. One of them that ocurred to me is the illusion of not having enough time.

Do you have that friend who is constantly in a rush and never has time to meet up? Or a co-worker who is slacking work?

What is it that makes this person repeatingly find excuses and postpone meetings/work we ask ourselves… I cut it down to two explanations: read more

Climate Change

I have been a pain in the ass lately with the environment informative content. I have not been enough of a pain in the ass though. Informing people until it becomes something as clear as a water and fully comprehended, that’s my goal.

In this post I will try to accumulate sources of info that everyone should be aware of. That is the first step. Education.

Climate change evidence

- - Global temperature rise
  - Warming oceans
  - Shrinking ice sheets
  - Glacial level retreat
  - Sea levels rise
  - Extreme events
  - Ocean acidification (result of humans emitting more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and hence more being absorbed into the oceans)
  Why does it happen?
  - - - Greenhouse effect (because of all the gas emission)
      - Human activity
        
        Industries
        
        Over-consumption & waste
        
        De-forestation
        
        IMBECILES
        
        Solar irradiance
        What are the effects?
        
        Temperatures rising
        
        Seasons changing
        
        Droughts & heat waves
        
        Food reduction, shortage of water
        
        Hurracanes & other extreme events
        
        Sea rise
        
        Decreased air quality
        
        Communities in #Greenland rely on the sea ice for transport, hunting and fishing. Extreme events, here flooding of the ice by abrupt onset of surface melt call for an incresed predictive capacity in the Arctic @BG10Blueaction @polarprediction @dmidk https://t.co/Y1EWU1eurA read more

Say it! Speak up

Throughout my short life I have come across many potentially powerful people in terms of influence across the world. Woup, actually, ‘across the world’ was a stumbling stone that made the conversations interesting, or better even – conflicting.

I will never forget a conversation I had with this guy… Friend of mine but let’s call him ‘a guy’.
You know this person who naturally has a strong voice? Someone who the crowds automatically follow and do not question? Have you met anyone that has a gift to influence & impact people positively?
Imagine that person. You have it? Good.
Now, imagine that same person, a good friend of yours, comes up to you one day and tells you: I’m done. This makes no sense. I just cannot make a difference. read more

Power of Gratitude

In one of my masters classes, a teacher proposed a little ‘gratitude’ activity. Each one of us had to walk up to a classmate and express admiration or praise and the one receiving the feedback needed to respond accordingly, taking in the compliment and expressing gratitude. As there were more interactions, people wanted to approach more classmates. The air afterwards was filled with happiness, reflection, and inspiration. People had this particular spark in their eyes and it felt like motivation skyrocketed. A simple act of kindness has touched many people’s hearts and immediately we were on a different level of connectedness… read more

eSports

It’s time to talk about defining experience of my undergraduate and graduate programme in MAD Lions E.C. It is a leading eSports club in Spain in which I have entered thanks to my mentor Alejo García-Naveira. Having spent 9 months in the club I gained better understanding of this sector that I would like to share with you.

If you are curious about what eSports is and what the heck have I been doing there as a (sports) psychologist, read on…