MindBody Connection - February 2008
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Announcements
- Case Wellness Week is Feb. 25-29, 2008. The Center for Collegiate Behavioral Health, the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women, University Health Service, and the department of Physical Education & Athletics is sponsoring Case Wellness Week. Activities include workshops on sleep, nutrition, exercise, women's health, stress management, meditation, and much more. Check out the web page for details.
- Valentines Day is Feb. 14. While this is a special day to celebrate your relationship with your significant other, every day should be a celebration of this relationship. To help make your relationship more satisfying, check out Better Couples Communication and Can We Talk? for tips on communicating with each other more effectively.
- National Eating Disorders Awareness Week is Feb. 25-30. We will be updating the UCS home page for more information about National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. To learn more about this topic, visit the National Eating Disorder Information Centre.
- New Groups for Spring 2008. UCS is offering some new groups this semester. Check out our Groups and Programs page for the spring lineup, plus date and time information.
College Student Wellness
by William Hale, Ph.D., UCS/CBH
Wellness. We've all heard the term used for years. What does it mean? Does it have a single, or best definition? Probably not. However, there is one thing most people agree on — that wellness is much more than the absence of sickness or disease.
Given that, wellness can be considered a state in which all aspects of our lives are balanced and functioning optimally. For most people, even those experiencing the best of life circumstances, this is an ideal for which to strive, more than a state they experience. However, working toward this is something we all can do daily. More
Spiritual Wellness
by Jacob Clemens, M.Ed., Coordinator of Second Year Residence Education
Life can move at a pretty fast pace. Sometimes you might feel that if you are not sprinting to keep up, you will be trampled. There is a lot of pressure associated with being a college student. Coursework, research, volunteering, grad school preparation, GPA concerns, friends, family, internships ...
For many of us, this list can go on and on. It seems that so many people and responsibilities are pulling us in so many directions. The pressure of being you can often feel very overwhelming if you let it. More