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Wellness Library
Part of staying well is expanding your knowledge and learning more about how you can prioritize your well-being. Clinical professionals, wellness education staff, and student volunteers in the Student Wellness Centre have been working to produce a library of articles to provide an additional mode of support that you can access all the time, but especially during this time while we are working and studying apart.
What’s New?
March 21 to 25, 2022 is Gratitude Week at Laurier. Don't miss wellness education assistant Jessica Linton's article on the practice of gratitude.
Read Carrie's article to learn how to use your unique character strengths to flourish this year.
Are you struggling to know how to feel or cope with reduced restrictions and the return to in-person learning? Read Cautiously Optimistic: the Return to School
Article Library
Read through to find new ways to stay well. Check back regularly for more articles or follow us on Twitter @LaurierWellness to hear when new articles are posted.
Using the Student Wellness Centre
Your Top Ten Wellness Questions Answered for Incoming first Year Students by Evan Wheeler and Sarina Wheeler (June 21, 2021)
Stay Connected with Students Virtually Through the Peer Support Program (Nov. 19, 2020)
What to Expect from Remote Counselling in the Student Wellness Centre by Chris Kardol, MSW, RSW (updated Sept. 25, 2020)
The Benefits of Skills Groups and Workshops by Sherrie Steinberg, MSW, RSW (Sept. 18, 2020)
Ten Things the Student Wellness Centre Can Do For You (Sept. 18, 2020)
Frequently Asked Questions About the Student Wellness Centre (updated Sept. 18, 2020)
Mental Health and Wellness
Gratutude: What It Is and How You Can Practice It by Jessica Linton (March 21, 2022)
How to Flourish This Year by Carrie Pollard, MSW, RSW (February 4, 2022)
Got #FOMO? Strategies for Dealing with the Fear of Missing Out by Angel Evans, Claire Horwarth, Kristina Jagassar, and Sarah Syrett (March 24, 2021)
Fend Off Digital Fatigue by Sarah Syrett, MSW (Aug. 7, 2020)
Coping and Studying Well Remotely
Five Tips to Ease Re-Entry Anxiety by Jessica Linton (February 7, 2022)
Cautiously Optimistic: the Return to School by Heather Landells MSW, RSW and Carrie Pollard MSW, RSW (September 7, 2021)
This Sucks! (Coping with A Year of COVID Grief) by Megan Svarich-Knights, MSW, RSW (April 8, 2021)
Zoom Fatigue: Why Do We Feel So Exhausted When We're Just Sitting in Front of Our Computer Screens? by Sherrie Steinberg, MSW, RSW (March 19, 2021)
Feeling SAD? Surviving Seasonal Affective Disorder by Myra Meier, MSW candidate and Sarah Syrett, MSW (Jan. 18, 2021)
Suffering from Burnout? You’re not alone by Jessica Linton, Peer Wellness Educator (Nov. 19, 2020)
Stay Connected with Students Virtually Through the Peer Support Program (Nov. 19, 2020)
Be Kind to Yourself in First Year (Especially During COVID)! by Heather Landells, MSW, RSW and Carrie Pollard MSW, RSW (Oct. 22, 2020)
What to Expect from Remote Counselling in the Student Wellness Centre by Chris Kardol, MSW, RSW (updated Sept. 25, 2020)
Ideas for Surviving at Home with Your Family by Heather Landells, MSW, RSW (June 17, 2020)
Exercise Ideas During Isolation by Chris Kardol, MSW, RSW (May 6, 2020)
RTW of COVID-19 and Beyond: Self-Care and Connection by Sam Katerji, MA, RP and Carrie Pollard, MSW, RSW (May 1, 2020)
#RTW of COVID-19 and Beyond: Manage Anxiety by Sam Katerji, MA, RP and Carrie Pollard, MSW, RSW (April 30, 2020)
RTW of COVID-19 and Beyond: Coping Through Acceptance and Compassion by Sam Katerji, MA, RP and Carrie Pollard, MSW, RSW (April 28, 2020)
#RTW of COVID-19 and Beyond: Understanding Your Reactions by Sam Katerji, MA, RP and Carrie Pollard, MSW, RSW (April 27, 2020)
Anxiety and Depression
Five Tips to Ease Re-Entry Anxiety by Jessica Linton (February 7, 2022)
Managing Test Anxiety Part 2: The Day of the Test by Sam Katerji, MA, RP (April 1, 2021)
Managing Test Anxiety Part 1: How to Prepare Before the Test by Sam Katerji, MA, RP (April 1, 2021)
Break Your Silence: Overcoming Public Speaking Anxiety by Chris Kardol, MSW, RSW (February 21, 2021)
Technology and Mental Health
Got #FOMO? Strategies for Dealing with the Fear of Missing Out by Angel Evans, Claire Horwarth, Kristina Jagassar, and Sarah Syrett (March 24, 2021)
Fend Off Digital Fatigue by Sarah Syrett, MSW (Aug. 7, 2020)
Social Media and the News During Difficult Times by Lauren MacGregor, MSW, RSW (May 20, 2020)
Social Responsibility and Community Care
Eating Disorder Awareness Week by Carrie Pollard, MSW, RSW (February 2, 2021)
Navigating Consent by Megan Svarich-Knights, MSW, RSW (January 24, 2021)
Talking About Race and Privilege with Family and Friends by Nathan Reeve, BA, BEd, Med candidate (June 29, 2020)
Loneliness and Grief
This Sucks! (Coping with A Year of COVID Grief) by Megan Svarich-Knights, MSW, RSW (April 8, 2021)
COVID-19 and Grief by Debbie Sedlmeir, MSW, RSW (June 2, 2020)
Written By Students
Gratutude: What It Is and How You Can Practice It by Jessica Linton (March 21, 2022)
Five Tips to Ease Re-Entry Anxiety by Jessica Linton (February 7, 2022)
Got #FOMO? Strategies for Dealing with the Fear of Missing Out by Angel Evans, Claire Horwarth, Kristina Jagassar, and Sarah Syrett (March 24, 2021)
Feeling SAD? Surviving Seasonal Affective Disorder by Myra Meier, MSW candidate and Sarah Syrett, MSW (Jan. 18, 2021)
Your Top Ten Wellness Questions Answered for Incoming first Year Students by Evan Wheeler and Sarina Wheeler (June 21, 2021)
Suffering from Burnout? You’re not alone by Jessica Linton, Peer Wellness Educator (Nov. 19, 2020)