The human brain has a cultural tendency to think in cycles, so when the end of the year approaches, reflection arises on what was done during the last 365 days, promises not kept, goals not achieved. This balance can bring us happiness or deep depression, as has been recorded by the World Health Organization, which presented an increase of around 25% in mental disorders worldwide at the beginning of the pandemic. Fortunately, it is also possible to take stock of the good and positive things that happened and were accomplished during this period. The year 2023 can be characterized by achievements. We had two years (2020 and 2021) of stagnation due to the pandemic. In 2022 we began to glimpse that life could continue even if in a different form than the pre-pandemic period and, in 2023, the strength of society seemed to return, giving way to a true frenzy for achievements. It can be seen that the rush gained status and a wave of compensation attempts emerged. It was a year of overcoming for most scholars who had felt the delay in their research and achievements. This was manifested in the large number of articles submitted for publication in the Bulletin of the São Paulo Academy of Psychology. We try, as editors, to collaborate by speeding up the process of evaluating and selecting articles, but the need for productivity often interferes with the collaboration of reviewers to quickly evaluate manuscripts. What this issue presents is the careful selection of what was evaluated for the second issue of 2023. The selection begins with the work entitled The role of religiosity/spirituality as a cultural competence in the clinical practice of psychologists, authored by Amanda Sales Cafezeiro and colleagues from the State University of Southwest Bahia. The article emphasizes the need for the psychotherapist to observe the religious/spiritual beliefs and practices that, in many cases, constitute the structuring pillar of the psychological dynamics of individuals. Next, we present the article by Matheus Estevão Ferreira da Silva from the São Paulo State University (UNESP), Marília Campus, which discusses the state of the art of the issue of gender in the psychology of moral development. This is an extensive analysis covering the period from 1982 to 2019. A narrative review of meta-analysis studies on Internet addiction is offered by two researchers, Leila Cristina Ferreira Omote Costa from the Behavioural Cognitive Institute of Marilia and Eliana Aparecida Torrezan da Silva from AMBAN. This article is very up-to-date, as it addresses a topic of constant concern in Psychology, since internet addiction affects so many families. The diversity of topics covered in this issue of the Bulletin provides us with another area of study of great interest, which is the issue of motherhood. Therefore, the article Self-esteem and quality of life of women without children - a Jungian view by Helena Lyrio-Carvalho from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo presents us with the positive view of women who for one reason or another have not had children. It should be added that this work received the SÃO PAULO ACADEMY OF PSYCHOLOGY AWARD this year, and such award is intended to encourage and disseminate relevant contributions in the field of Psychology. Still on motherhood, the Bulletin presents the article by Anna Cecília Latanzio Rodrigues Silva and Jorge Luís Ferreira Abrão from FCL/Unesp-Assis which explains Adoptive Motherhood: psychoanalytic understandings of maternal care and its affective representations. The study with two comparative groups, authored by pediatrician Claudia Aguiar, from DPME-SP, and academic Francisco B. Assumpção (chair 17), from FMUSP, discusses the quality of life of children with and without a diagnosis of sickle cell anemia, a hereditary disease that causes painful crises. Still in the children’s area, the next is an article on: interaction between art and learning in a social institution in a city in the interior of Minas Gerais, written by Brunna de Almeida Fonseca and Neyfsom Carlos Fernandes Matias, from the Federal University of São João del-Rei. The article emphasizes the transformative potential that the services offered by NGOs can have in the lives of many children and their families in situations of social vulnerability. The last article in this issue, authored by Cintia Morinaga Honda and Katia Cherix, from USP-SP, constitutes a bibliographical research on expatriation from a psychoanalytic perspective. To conclude the current issue, the Bulletin publishes the second part of the review on Creativity from the perspective of philosophy and psychology written by Hilda Rosa Capelão Avoglia from the Methodist University of São Paulo. As can be seen, the Bulletin is offering not only a wide range of current topics, but also has authors from different institutions and regions, making it an organ of great scope in Psychology, as has been demonstrated during so many years of publication without ever delaying a number. We hope that in 2024 we can continue to count on the collaboration of authors as prestigious as those included here, and reviewers who are equally competent in their fields of expertise.

A Happy New Year to everyone,

The Editors.