Sometimes We Just Need A Little Push…
There are always things in life that we say we want to do or think that they would be interesting to try, but how...
Tagged: mental health
It’s Okay to Have Off-Days
It’s been roughly two months since we transitioned from face to face class to online classes. The semester ended with many of us scrambling...
Maintaining Your Independence When Moving Home
If you’re one of the many students that returned to live with their families during times of quarantine and social distancing, things might feel...
Ways to Stay Positive During Quarantine
It can be hard to stay positive during the quarantine. Being in the same four walls every day for weeks will drive any person...
100 Things to do During Quarantine
Here are 100 ways to keep you busy during quarantine/social distancing: Clean your room/house Watch Netflix (and watch it with friends with Netflix Party)...
Empowerment Through Solitude
Have you ever gone an entire day without speaking to anyone else? The only words you have uttered from your mouth all day are...
Taking Back Control of My Happiness
At the beginning of the semester, I made a goal to take back control of my own happiness. Although in reality, I always had...
What I Learned from my Social Media Break
About a month ago, I began to realize that my social media use was insanely high. On average, I was spending around 5-6 hours...
Coping with Grief and Loss
After going off to university away from home, I had always feared the call or text notifying me that a loved one had passed....
5 Ways to Help Someone Who Is Stressed
As midterms have begun rolling along, conversations with friends and family soon revolve around the lack of time or ability to complete assignments and...
How to Survive a Busy Semester or Year
My second year of university is a blur. I took five courses per semester, worked an average of 15 hours a week at a...
Don’t Let Anxiety Keep You From Studying Abroad
Last January, I finally was able to fulfill one of my goals in university which was to study abroad. Since high school, I dreamed...
My Experience with UVic Counselling Services
If you’d have asked me four years ago if I ever thought I’d be writing a blog post about going to therapy at my...
Dear First-Year Students
Dear first-year students, Soon you’ll be arriving at UVic! I hope you’re looking forward to starting university. You’ve probably heard all kinds of stories...
The Folly of the End of Semester Blues
Guest post by Teresa I’m certain right about now you’re winding down from fervently studying for midterms, and wondering about the approaching end of...
UVic Students Take a Snow Day!
University of Victoria students enjoyed this snow day to the fullest building snowman “Pepe” and making snow angels. Stay warm out there!
A Mental Health Reminder
Over the past two weeks, there has been a series of events in my life that has seriously stressed me out. I took a...
Let’s Talk About It
Please Note: this blog post mentions self-harm and various symptoms of mental illness. If this is triggering for you please be gentle with yourself...
My First Month in Copenhagen
My first month in Copenhagen is finishing up and there is a lot for me to reflect on. Time doesn’t seem to go by...
Depressed? Who? ME?!
This past year has been particularly difficult. I started to struggle with my mental health and was diagnosed with depression in February of 2018....