Thrive Thursdays

September 26, 2019
Podcasts are a great resource for a wide range of people. I personally like podcasts because they make the menial interesting. For example, cleaning my room, doing self-care, or driving to and from campus. Podcasts are also...

September 19, 2019
Here鈥檚 a story you鈥檝e probably heard before: It鈥檚 a Friday night. You have a 6 page essay due Monday. But you just can鈥檛 bring yourself to start it; it鈥檚 a Friday night, after all! There are much better things to...

September 12, 2019
HAPPY NATIONAL ENCOURAGEMENT DAY! I challenge you to complete at least one of these today. Bonus points if you do all of them.
1. Write nice things to yourself on a mirror
If you鈥檙e struggling with body-image issues, insecurities,...

September 05, 2019
Eating disorders have nothing and everything to do with food. When I was first diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa, I had every therapist, dietitian, and psychiatrist telling me the same thing: 鈥淚t鈥檚 not about the food.鈥...

August 29, 2019
Homesickness can be defined as the distress caused by the separation of an individual from his or her home environment, which can be anything from an actual location to friends, family, or culture. It鈥檚 common among first-year...

August 22, 2019
Welcome to 糖心Vlog (or welcome back)! We hope you had a fantastic summer. As the semester starts, school comes rushing back into our lives. For me personally, my mental and physical health tends to take a backseat throughout...

August 08, 2019
Let鈥檚 talk about life for a second. Just when you think life is going great...BAM! Some stressful event comes right at you.
This time, it was travel anxiety. I traveled internationally for the first time last month and...

July 25, 2019
We have all thought at one point or another: 鈥淚 really need to stop doing this.鈥 Bad habits are common and most people have at least one while many have multiple. A bad habit is any repeated behavior that results in a...

July 11, 2019
A keystone teaching of mindfulness is to avoid comparison. For example, to be mindful is to recognize when you鈥檙e comparing your progress to your classmate鈥檚 progress, and instead of dwelling on feelings of inadequacy,...

June 27, 2019
Sometimes after achieving a goal that you have been working hard towards, much of the pride and sense of accomplishment goes out the window because someone else did something better. Sometimes you are just minding your own...
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