Part of a series with Rowan University’s Wellness Center, this collaboration aims to educate students about personal well-being options. For further updates, follow @rowanuwellness on social. Written by Wellness Center intern Alexia J, psychology major What Causes Stress In College Students College life is fun and exciting but it can also be stressful for many students. […]
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Sleep Hygiene Tips for Better Rest and More Energy
Part of a series with Rowan University’s Wellness Center, this collaboration aims to educate students about personal well-being options. For further updates, follow @rowanuwellness on social. Written by Wellness Center intern Jean C., an MA in School Psychology program graduate student Being on a college campus, it is common to see classmates and friends struggling to […]
Caffeine Consumption in College Students
This article is part of a running series with Rowan University’s Wellness Center This collaboration aims to educate students about personal well-being options. For further updates, follow @RowanUWellness on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Caffeine seems to have become an inseparable part of being a college student. The most common ways to consume it are through coffee, […]
Redefining Beauty: It’s Time to Normalize Body Image
This article is part of a running series with Rowan University’s Wellness Center. This collaboration aims to educate students about personal well-being options. For further updates, follow @RowanUWellness on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Body image deals with how an individual perceives themselves, how they think about themselves as well as how to view themselves when looking directly […]
Why Self-Advocacy Matters in College (And How to Practice It)
Part of a series with Rowan University’s Wellness Center, this collaboration aims to educate students about personal well-being options. For further updates, follow @rowanuwellness on social. More times than not, whenever we’re experiencing a personal hardship of some kind we tend to retreat into our shells like a turtle and let the issue continue to persist […]
Overcoming Overthinking: Ways Students Can Cope
Part of a series with Rowan University’s Wellness Center, this collaboration aims to educate students about personal well-being options. For further updates, follow @rowanuwellness on social. Do you ever find yourself in a quiet setting trying to get some work done but there is just a little voice in your head saying a million things at […]
How to Build Healthy Friendships As a College Student
Part of a series with Rowan University’s Wellness Center, this collaboration aims to educate students about personal well-being options. For further updates, follow @rowanuwellness on social. Written by Wellness Center intern Kye Binik, law & justice studies major Friendships in adulthood can be difficult to navigate especially when it comes to recognizing a healthy friendship versus […]
Mental Health In Your First Year of College
Part of a series with Rowan University’s Wellness Center, this collaboration aims to educate students about personal well-being options. For further updates, follow @rowanuwellness on social. Written by Wellness Center intern Summer Slusarski, psychological sciences major The first year of college is both exciting and terrifying. You are moving away from home, gaining a sense of […]
Benefits of Being a Pet Owner
This article is part of a running series with Rowan University’s Wellness Center. This collaboration aims to educate students about personal well-being options. For further updates, follow @RowanUWellness on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Owning a pet comes with joy that radiates through the owner’s body when they come home to see them waiting at the door. The love […]
How to Prioritize Your Wellness As a College Student
Part of a series with Rowan University’s Wellness Center, this collaboration aims to educate students about personal well-being options. For further updates, follow @rowanuwellness on social. Written by Wellness Center intern Riya Bhatt, biological sciences major One of the biggest challenges as a college student is the workload of assignments, exams and other extracurricular involvements. Many […]
Managing Stress as a College Student
This article is part of a running series with Rowan University’s Wellness Center. This collaboration aims to educate students about personal well-being options. For further updates, follow @RowanUWellness on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. College is a tumultuous period of transition. Many students go from living at home with their parents to the newfound freedom of living alone. […]
How Nature Can Improve Your Mental Health
This article is part of a running series with Rowan University’s Wellness Center. This collaboration aims to educate students about personal well-being options. For further updates, follow @rowanuwellness on social. Written by Wellness Center intern Robert Zoroiwchak, psychology major In the bustling modern world, time is always short, and the never ending stress is always piling on. […]
I’ll Be There For You
This article is part of a running series with Rowan University’s Wellness Center. This collaboration aims to educate students about personal well-being options. For further updates, follow @RowanUWellness on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. When a friend comes to us with a problem or if they seem in distress, our first immediate thought might be to try and […]
Math Anxiety in College Students
This article is part of a running series with Rowan University’s Wellness Center. This collaboration aims to educate students about personal well-being options. For further updates, follow @RowanUWellness on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Math anxiety is an extremely common phenomenon experienced by college students and university students today. Symptoms of said phenomenon vary from person to person, […]
Learning Beyond Memorization: Use Your Senses
This article is part of a running series with Rowan University’s Wellness Center. This collaboration aims to educate students about personal well-being options. For further updates, follow @RowanUWellness on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Learning doesn’t have to be rote memorization of facts, theories and explanations. One way of improving learning while reducing stress is employing different learning […]
Life with a Hint of Compassion
This article is part of a running series with Rowan University’s Wellness Center. This collaboration aims to educate students about personal well-being options. For further updates, follow @RowanUWellness on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Having compassion with oneself goes hand in hand with being compassionate with others quite often. According to self-compassion researcher Kristen Neff, “With […]
The Importance of Taking Wellness Days for Mental Health
This article is part of a running series with Rowan University’s Wellness Center. This collaboration aims to educate students about personal well-being options. For further updates, follow @RowanUWellness on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Spend time imagining that middle-of-the-semester rush. Rushing through campus to get from class to class. Upcoming homework repeatedly fills your mind while also keeping track […]
Managing Your Stress in an Ever-Changing Environment
This article is part of a running series with Rowan University’s Wellness Center. This collaboration aims to educate students about personal well-being options. For further updates, follow @RowanUWellness on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. In college, one of the biggest challenges for students is managing stress in difficult times like midterms or finals. With college, there are various […]
Understanding and Accepting Our Own Trauma
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Unplug and Live a Great (Offline) Life
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Spirituality: Discovering Your Own Faith
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Exploring the Power of Our Internal Monologue
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Period Poverty is the Unspoken Crisis
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The Often Overlooked Importance of Sleep
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A Path to Personal Growth and Purpose
This article is part of a running series with Rowan University’s Wellness Center. This collaboration aims to educate students about personal well-being options. For further updates, follow @RowanUWellness on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. With the life that we are given, it is easy to want to do tasks for the benefit of others. But, as […]
Doing Hobbies in Exchange For Our Own Mental Wellness
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The (Abridged) Beginner’s Guide to Communication Studies
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Our Environmental Crisis, and How a College Student Can Help
This article is part of a running series with Rowan University’s Wellness Center. This collaboration aims to educate students about personal well-being options. For further updates, follow @RowanUWellness on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. According to earth.org, the biggest problems that our world is facing are: poor governance, food waste, plastic pollution, air pollution and agriculture. […]
The Journaling Journey
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Manifesting a Life of Dreams: Turn Dreams Into Reality
This article is part of a running series with Rowan University’s Wellness Center. This collaboration aims to educate students about personal well-being options. For further updates, follow @rowanuwellness on social. Written by Wellness Center intern Mel Steward-Cobbs, psychology major The Power of Thoughts The concept that one’s thoughts, beliefs, intentions and emotions are inexorably linked to the […]
Interacting with the World Through Video Games
This article is part of a running series with Rowan University’s Wellness Center. This collaboration aims to educate students about personal well-being options. For further updates, follow @RowanUWellness on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Playing video games is a popular pastime for people of all ages, especially for younger generations who have grown up experiencing the […]
Meditation for the Unsettled Mind
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How SMART Goals Can Make Success Easier
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Confidence Is Not Always Consistent, And That’s Ok
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Social Media and its Effect on Body Image
This article is part of a running series with Rowan University’s Wellness Center. This collaboration aims to educate students about personal well-being options. For further updates, follow @RowanUWellness on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. For someone like me, I cannot go one day without using social media and its features. I check my socials multiple times […]
Surviving a Breakup: Taking One’s Power Back to Change Life Forever
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The Healing Power of Art
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Black Men in Medicine
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Imposter Syndrome and Inner Perfectionism: How to Turn Doubt into Confidence
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The Importance of Unstructured Time
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Staying Involved Virtually
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Too Much Screen Time? It’s Time to Take a Break
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How to Take a Break with No Break
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Take Control
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Have You Checked On You Today?
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Positive Affirmations
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20 Questions With Autumn [VIDEO]
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Video Game Live Streaming During a Global Pandemic
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Fear of Failure and How to Move On
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RAINN and Sexual Assault Prevention
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Unplug
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2020: A Year To Remember
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You Vape Bro? Big Tobacco is Still Targeting You!
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Coping with Grief as a College Student
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Volunteer for Your Well-being
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Grit & Greatness
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Why It’s Okay To Be Emotionally Vulnerable
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As We Evolve, So Does Our Music
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Me Time
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Perseverance
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Why It’s Important to Say No
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Body Positivity: A Beginner’s Guide
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The Five Aspects, Not Stages, of Grief
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Period Shame
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Well-being
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The Importance of a Good Night’s Sleep
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Quit Vaping
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Eat More, It’s Good for You
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Toxic Friend Groups
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The Importance Of Recognizing Disordered Eating Behaviors
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The Mental Health Benefits of Cosplay
This article is part of a running series with Rowan University’s Wellness Center. This collaboration aims to educate students about personal well-being options. For further updates, follow @RowanUWellness on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Meet Allison Niemiec, a first year graduate student in the Higher Education Administrative Track program, who wrote this article because cosplay has been […]