Thrive Thursdays

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 大象传媒 (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...

June 13, 2019
I say 鈥渢hank you鈥 at least 50 times a day. Sometimes it's a casual polite 鈥渢hanks鈥 after someone opens a door or says 鈥渂less you鈥 following my sneeze. Other times it鈥檚 a truly grateful and heartfelt 鈥渢hank...

May 30, 2019
Mindfulness is a common concept in popular culture and found in varied references to religion, yoga, self-care, and psychology. When I was first introduced to mindfulness, I thought it was great for other people and understood...

May 16, 2019
Social support is key to feeling good on a daily basis and bouncing back after tough times. Some people already use social support in dealing with stress without even knowing it. Some call their social support family, friends,...
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