September 26, 2022 | My Wellness Week |
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We know that starting classes can be overwhelming. Your attention is pulled in a lot of directions; most of you are working and going to school, and many of you have family responsibilities as well. Getting back into school can be a challenging transition, whether it’s been 3 weeks, 3 months, or 3 years since your last class.
To help you stay focused and get connected, we’ve put together a guide to help you focus on what is important throughout the first half of the semester to set you up for success now and into the future. See below to find a guide to your fourth week!
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Self-Care is more than a trend! College students lead incredibly busy and stressful lives and it is important for you to prioritize your emotional, mental, and physical health so you can stay focused in school. Especially now that we are all spending more time on computers, it is important to maintain a routine, be physically active and find ways to manage your stress. |
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THIS WEEK YOU SHOULD FOCUS ONN:
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MENTAL & EMOTIONAL HEALTH |
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College is hard. Life is hard. Make sure you aren’t making it harder by ignoring your own mental health. Take breaks, go outside, ask for help, and talk to someone when you need it.
Connect with our Counseling Services. Our professional counselors help students overcome interpersonal, emotional, and psychological barriers to academic success. Counseling services are confidential, free, and here to help you succeed www.massbay.edu/counseling
Join the New Open Minds Club:
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Explore free virtual apps:
- Meditation and Mindfulness:
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Mindfulness Coach Self-Guided Program to help you develop a mindfulness practice
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Insight Timer Library of free guided meditations and yoga for sleep, stress and anxiety
- Stress and Anxiety:
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Savello. Clinically validated techniques for coping with stress, anxiety and depression.
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Mindshift CBT Free tools and strategies to help reduce worry, social anxiety and perfectionism
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Happify
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SAM Self-Help for Anxiety Management helps you identify what impacts your stress and anxiety and create a personalized stress management tool-kit
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Staying physically active is important to leading a balanced life! Although exercising indoors and being physically active while going to school online can be more challenging, we also know be physically active can reduce stress and clear your mind so you can focus more and sleep better!
- Challenge Yourself this week to try a different kind of activity every day, being active is about overall health and moving your body!
- Try out Free Virtual Work-Outs
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J&J Official 7-Minute Work-Out Library of exercises and work-outs designed to fit your schedule!
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Nike Training App Train at home, in the gym, or on the road, with everything from bodyweight sessions, yoga flows, cardio, HIT classes, and full-equipment gym workouts for all fitness levels.
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Fit On Quick & Effective Workouts from Celebrity Trainers that You Can Do Anywhere!
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Evolve21 Inclusive exercise app for people of all abilities
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Daily Yoga More than 100 yoga and meditation classes to help people from all levels.
- YouTube Channels:
- OrangeTheory
- POPSUGAR Fitness
- Yoga with Adriene
- Five Parks Yoga
- Get some fresh air
- Whether it’s a 15 minute walk outside or a 10 mile run, make sure you are continuing to get outside for fresh air, and moving around.
- Turn Off your Electronics!
- Learn about our Food & Housing Resources
- We know it’s hard to focus in class when you are hungry, so MassBay staff, faculty, and students have worked to create a wide variety of food resources for our students.
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Check out what is available to you at www.massbay.edu/snacc.
- Food and Housing Resource List
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Need more help? Contact Marybeth Fletcher, LCSW Case manager/resource specialist mfletcher@massbay.edu, she is here to help!
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Join Student Government Association |
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Joining Student Government Association (SGA) is a great way to get involved, make a difference here at Massbay and learn about other amazing opportunities! SGA is holding it’s election to fill the many open positions and are looking for students who are excited to get involved here at Massbay!
- Applications will be available starting September 19th (more information below)
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Visit www.massbay.edu/sga to apply for one of our open positions or to visit their meeting on Wednesdays at 3:30pm to check out the group!
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Apply to be part of the LEAD Program! |
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Join LEAD!
LEAD (Leadership Engagement And Development) is a program at MassBay designed to develop leadership skills that will benefit students throughout college, career, and life. The LEAD program exists to inspire all students to effect positive change through self-exploration, including the positive impact they can have in a group and our community, and why it’s vital for our future.
Benefits of the Leadership Program
- Gain practical experience in cooperative teamwork, creative problem solving, and being an effective leader
- Further develop self-awareness and interpersonal skills, and learn about group dynamics
- Develop relationships with other students, faculty, staff, and administrators
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Attend the Financial Literacy Workshops! |
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Earn a certificate of completion by attending 3 of the 4 workshops! Presented by the Babson financial literacy project. The Babson Financial Literacy Project (BFLP) is a not-for-profit initiative designed to help young adults acquire the financial knowledge and skills necessary for long-term independence and prosperity. The BFLP teaches important financial lessons through interactive workshops. The program helps participants build lifelong strategies for budgeting, building credit, saving for retirement, and more. Participants do not need any financial expertise.
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September 23 1-2pm Preparing for the Unknown
- October 21 1-2pm Tips & Tricks for Managing Credit
- November 4 1-2pm Making Student Loans Work for You
- December 9 1-2:30pm Getting Started with Investing
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MassBay has an online event calendar that all students can access through OneLogin!
- This is the central location for students to get the calendar of events each week.
- This calendar has the most up-to-date information for MassBay student events.
- The event descriptions will have event links included in them for virtual events or location information for in-person events so that you can easily access each event online on in-person.
- There is an option to subscribe to the calendar so that you get a weekly email with all the events coming up.
- You can also add individual events to your personal calendar or sign-up for reminder emails/texts so that you don’t forget about them!
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WHATS HAPPENING THIS WEEK? |
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JINDO: IT’S BINGO WITH A BEAT!
Jindo is the music bingo party game of skill and luck that’s FUN for everyone! Join the CCSLA and your fellow Massachusetts Community Colleges for a game that mixes name-that-tune with bingo.
Tuesday, September 27
@ 12:30pm
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Library Happenings
September 2022
Check out
at the Library
this month!
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for more events and event information (including links)!
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NEED HELP?
HAVE QUESTIONS?
VISIT THE VIRTUAL Q & A CENTER!
Connect virtually with a member of our Support Squad through WebEx.
The MassBay Support Squad is available to answer a wide range of questions!
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