Health Promotion and Wellness Activities

(OR) Journaling for Self-Care

Stop by Simcoe Hall to pick up a journaling kit and learn how journaling can be a part of your self-care routine! Each kit includes a journal, writing tools and an intro guide to journaling as self-care. 

Keeping a record of personal thoughts and feelings is particularly helpful in supporting mental health by:

  • Reducing anxiety
  • Breaking away from a nonstop cycle of obsessive thinking and brooding
  • Improving the awareness and perception of events
  • Regulating emotions
  • Encouraging awareness

(OR) Journaling for Self-Care @HP

Stop by Heritage Place to pick up a journalling kit and learn how journaling can be a part of your self-care routine! Each kit includes a journal, writing tools and an intro guide to journaling as self-care. 

Keeping a record of personal thoughts and feelings is particularly helpful in supporting mental health by:

  • Reducing anxiety
  • Breaking away from a nonstop cycle of obsessive thinking and brooding
  • Improving the awareness and perception of events
  • Regulating emotions
  • Encouraging awareness

Leap Day: Treat Yo'self

It's LEAP DAY - every four years we get an extra day on February 29th. Why not use this extra 24 hours to be nice to yourself? If you struggle with making time for yourself, set aside today for self-growth and recovery. 

If you are looking for inspiration, drop by the Student Health and Wellness table outside the main cafeteria to get ideas about how you can treat yourself.

Leap Day Movie Night

Leap Day is a bonus day so Student Health and Wellness wants you to treat yourself! 

Drop by UC1017 for some Leap Day trivia followed by a screening of Leap Year. Themed treats and prizes will be available, no cost to join. 

(OR) Fill Your Cup and Tackle Burnout @ HP

Burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. It occurs when you feel overwhelmed, emotionally drained, and unable to meet constant demands. As the stress continues, you begin to lose the interest and motivation that led you to take on a certain role in the first place.

Burnout reduces productivity and saps your energy, leaving you feeling increasingly helpless, hopeless, cynical, and resentful. 

Book Swap

Read your way to better well-being! Studies have shown that reading as little as 6 minutes per day can improve your quality of sleep, reduce stress, and sharpen mental acuity. Reading strengthens the neural circuits and pathways of our brain while lowering heart rate and blood pressure.

 Student Health and Wellness is holding a book swap so that you can scoop up some new reads without breaking out your wallet.

Book Swap Guide:

Grocery Bus

As part of Nutrition Month, Student Health and Wellness is offering a bus from LU to Superstore on Friday, March 8th, the bus will leave at 12 from outside Student Health and Wellness and drop off at 2 pm.

A Registered Dietitian from the Thunder Bay Health Unit will be available for a grocery tour to highlight affordable and healthy options and answer any questions you may have about how to make the most of your budget and time.

Take10: Fill Your Cup and Tackle Burnout

Burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. It occurs when you feel overwhelmed, emotionally drained, and unable to meet constant demands. As the stress continues, you begin to lose the interest and motivation that led you to take on a certain role in the first place.

Burnout reduces productivity and saps your energy, leaving you feeling increasingly helpless, hopeless, cynical, and resentful. 

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