What about more cooperation and less competition?

Happy February!Happy to be here with one more episode.Today, the topic is Cooperation vs competition and the impact of this on healing, especially in collective healing.We are not here alone. We need more balance, we need more cooperation and less competition.A further reflection to bring the idea also written:Competition and the infinite search for status are so strong in society that they are the main reasons for wars. We still need "feminine" and "masculine" (or yin and yang) working in balance, and healing is the integration of both, not exclusion. But for now, as a collective, why don't we compete more with our old selves, with the parts of ourselves that we want to overcome and grow out of?And let's cooperate more with one another!I love and appreciate you.Rayssa.A few papers on the theme for those who want to go deeper:Katz, L., Finestone, L., & Paskevich, D. M. (2021). Competition when cooperation is the means to success: Understanding context and recognizing mutually beneficial situations. Cogent Psychology, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2021.1878984De Francesco, L., Mazza, A., Sorrenti, M., Murino, V., Battegazzorre, E., Strada, F., Bottino, A. G., & Dal Monte, O. (2024). Cooperation and competition have same benefits but different costs. Iscience, 27(7), 110292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110292 - The figure used for the show art was made with AI, inspired by the graphical abstract of this paper.Van Ryzin MJ, Roseth CJ. The Cascading Effects of Reducing Student Stress: Cooperative Learning as a Means to Reduce Emotional Problems and Promote Academic Engagement. J Early Adolesc. 2021 May;41(5):700-724. doi: 10.1177/0272431620950474. Epub 2020 Aug 25. PMID: 37621735; PMCID: PMC10448952.Knight EL, Morales PJ, Christian CB, Prasad S, Harbaugh WT, Mehta PH, Mayr U. The causal effect of testosterone on men's competitive behavior is moderated by basal cortisol and cues to an opponent's status: Evidence for a context-dependent dual-hormone hypothesis. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2022 Oct;123(4):693-716. doi: 10.1037/pspa0000305. Epub 2022 Feb 24. PMID: 35201818.Mastromatteo, L. Y., & Scrimin, S. (2025). Cooperative Hearts: Perceived Stress and Cardiac Vagal Tone in Preadolescents’ Cooperative Behaviors. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/02724316251376602