5 Tips for Staying Productive and Mentally Healthy While You’re Working From Home With the spread of the novel coronavirus affecting everything from international travel to the availability of hand sanitizer, mitigating COVID-19 in the United States has become a growing concern. That’s why many companies are mandating or recommending that as many employees as possible work remotely until the virus can…
You Shouldn’t Have To Sacrifice Your Mental Health To Achieve Your Goals When it comes to ambition, it’s easy to allow big visions to eclipse our needs. In fact, burnout is reaching epidemic levels in our workforce. In 2019, some studies estimated that over two-thirds of employees experienced symptoms. Unrealistic demands and a lack of healthy work-life balance can partially be to…
How College Students Can Prioritize Mental Health During the COVID-19 Outbreak All opinions reserved to the author of this article In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, my college experience as I know it has abruptly been cut short — a disruption shared by college students across the country. Over a matter of days, it seems almost everything has changed.…
How To Keep Your Working Hours In Check When Working From Home A recent study showed that people are actually working longer hours now that they’re working from home rather than in their typical office setting. One reason is that it’s harder to keep track of time working from home because you don’t have a commute anymore, something that typically signals when…
10 Ways To Use Working Remotely Or Self-Quarantining As An Opportunity As we all face the reality of being unable to go to work, school or events or gather in normal ways due to the coronavirus pandemic, we can reframe our time at home as an opportunity to take stock and to tackle some projects we’ve put off. This perspective,…
In college, wellness is often characterized as balancing academics with friends, jobs, and extracurriculars. Academics and the pressure to earn good grades is a prominent source of stress for college students. But does balancing schoolwork, managing time, and alleviating stress always mean getting work done ahead of time or taking the full allotted time to complete an assignment? Spending only as much…
If you’ve ever been on a plane, you’ve heard the following from flight attendants: In the event of an emergency, put your own oxygen mask on first. After all, if we don’t first help ourselves, how can we help others? The same applies for leadership. In order to be a great leader of others, you have to first take care…
It might be the first thing a person asks you on a blind date. It may be what you worked towards during your whole college career. It may be what you spend the majority of your time doing. But it’s so important to remember that you’re not defined by your job. If you’ve been feeling like how you value yourself…
Women’s health
We all know that self-care looks different to everybody and it’s not always bath bombs and face masks. Some days it’s going to the gym or for a walk, other days it’s taking a hot shower or a nap. Sometimes it is easy to identify what makes you feel better, but it is harder to actually take time to do…
