Hoy en día es fácil sentirse abrumado y pensar que no podemos hacer frente a nuestras tareas diarias. Las situaciones estresantes pueden manifestarse tanto en nuestra vida profesional como en la personal, y puede resultar difícil evitar los conflictos cuando nos encontramos en un entorno estresante. En este curso, los participantes tuvieron la oportunidad, a través de actividades teóricas y prácticas, de conocer las herramientas necesarias para gestionar y superar los conflictos y las situaciones estresantes.
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La nueva edición del curso “Stress and Conflict Management: the way to resilience and satisfaction” tuvo lugar en Bolonia del 24/08/2025 to 30/08/2025. The participants came from across Europe, with Michael from vhs Aschaffenburg, Eric from 107. Oberschule, and Martin from Ernst Reinstorf Schule in Germany. From the Czech Republic came Hana and Iveta from Právě teď! o.p.s., while Konstantina represented the Environmental Education of Vamos in Greece.
El primer día, los participantes reflexionaron sobre el significado de la palabra estrés by brainstorming in groups. Stress is caused by a series of factores de estrés that can be related to many factors: physical, environmental, family-related or work-related. However, small amounts of stress can also have resultados positivos and push us to achieve our goals or to respect a deadline for example. For this reason the participants learnt to distinguish between Distress (negative) and Eustress (positive).

During this course the participants learnt about a series of strategies, both cognitive and behavioural, designed to overcome stressful situations in the workplace. Through group activities they had the opportunity to increase their planning and time management skills. In order to manage stressful situations better they practiced ejercicios respiratorios, muscle relaxation and visualisation.
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Another topic that was discussed during the course was empathy, which is a fundamental skill when it comes to dealing with conflicts. It can be tricky sometimes to show an empathic response, especially when we haven’t experienced the same feeling as the person in front of us. However, it is possible to practice it and the participants learnt how to distinguish it from other types of responses.

In order to solve conflicts it is necessary to know how to communicate effectively. The participants discovered the different communication styles and were asked to do a group activity in which each member had to contribute in resolving a conflict. Although it can be difficult to solve a conflict, as this activity demonstrated, the team members saw how this situation could also be an opportunity to grow and learn. This method can also be applied to a workplace and a classroom.

​El último tema que se trató fue mindfulness, es decir, la práctica de estar plenamente presente y observar los pensamientos y las experiencias sin juzgarlos. Mejora la atención, la conciencia de uno mismo y el control emocional. La reducción del estrés basada en la atención plena se utiliza ampliamente para gestionar el estrés y la salud mental. Los participantes también realizaron ejercicios de atención plena y meditaciones. Este tipo de ejercicio ayuda a las personas a ser más conscientes de sus sentidos, pensamientos y emociones, fomentando una mayor sensación de presencia y atención plena.

Since participants came from different cultural backgrounds, it was an opportunity for them to confront themselves with each other and learn from their shared experiences. More importantly, this course showed them that not only they have the tools for dealing with stressful situations, but that sometimes there can also be a positive outcome from an existing conflict.

Más información sobre este curso aquí.