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Rethinking Rule-Based Eating

Mar 21

Rethinking Rule-Based Eating How do you decide what to eat?  It’s a choice we make constantly, affected by all kinds of factors like what’s available, time, money, what our stomachs and taste buds are begging for.  There are background voices, too: a lifetime of seeing food ads, media about the latest diet craze or a…

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Filling Up The Tank

Mar 7

Filling Up The Tank OK, everyone. Time for a check in. Fill in the blank:  “I’m feeling _____________, and I don’t know why.” Happy? Grateful? Peaceful? Hmm. Maybe: Tired. Cranky. Worried. Sad. Mad? It’s possible at different moments you could be feeling any of these things. Some days you may notice you are struggling more…

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Mindset Reset

Feb 6

Mindset Reset: Use your mind for more than studying. Have you ever noticed that you can be getting good grades, or exercising regularly, or eating a healthy diet and some part of you still won’t let you catch a break?  I often hear from students that they can be pretty hard on themselves.  They aren’t…

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Why Coaching?

Jan 23

Why Coaching? I have to admit that when I first heard about the idea of using a health coach, I was skeptical. (Mostly on the inside, of course.  I didn’t want to offend the person talking to me.) I thought that only rich people — or someone with WAY worse health than me would work…

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Improving Mindset by Practicing Gratitude

Improve Your Mindset by Practicing Gratitude

Nov 28

Improve Your Mindset by Practicing Gratitude Physical exercise, a balanced diet, and 7-8 hours of sleep usually top the list of ways to be and stay healthy. There’s no denying how important these things are, but sometimes it’s overwhelming to try to fit them all into your hectic student schedule. Thankfully, there’s an even simpler…

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How to Get “Back to Normal” — At Your Own Pace

Jul 27

How to Get “Back to Normal” — At Your Own Pace A year and a half ago, most of us were barely giving “the COVID-19 thing” any thought at all. Then we found ourselves thrust into a culture shock of isolation in March 2020, spending months staying home, wearing masks, logging on to virtual meetings…

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Better Late Than Never?

Mar 23

Better Late Than Never? Procrastination and Perfection Did you know that February was Time Management Awareness Month? I did. I wanted to write a blog about it. Now it’s almost the end of March. Where did the time go?? So. It’s true. I’ll confess it here: I sometimes struggle with procrastination. My spouse calls it…

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#BlackLivesMatter & Wellness

#BlackLivesMatter & Wellness

Feb 10

#BlackLivesMatter & Wellness As we turn our collective attention to the celebration of contributions of African Americans during the month of February (and hopefully beyond the month), we must also face the depth of pain and injury caused by racist attitudes, behaviors and policies in the United States brought to light (most recently) through the…

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Productivity in Isolation: How to Stay Balanced During a Global Crisis

May 14

Productivity in Isolation: How to Stay Balanced During a Global Crisis Now that we’ve been “Safer at Home” for over a month — and it looks to stay that way for a while longer— we’re seeing the impacts of self-isolating firsthand. Everyone is dealing with this global crisis differently. For some, it’s a welcome reprieve…

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How to Manage When Things Get Tough

Apr 29

How to Manage When Things Get Tough By: Ginger Morgan, Director of Candid. I am not sure how things are going for you, but I can say that I am feeling pretty worn down by #saferathome by now.  The first month we were all adjusting, things were unfolding fast and felt new and our brains…

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How to Work Through the Culture Shock of Physical Isolation

Apr 7

How to Work Through the Culture Shock of Physical Isolation We’ve found ourselves in the midst of a global pandemic, news stories and Facebook posts swirling through our society about a novel virus that’s quickly taken the world by storm. And despite the chorus of “we’re in this together” from businesses, bosses, and teachers alike…

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Self Care for the Long Haul

Apr 3

Self Care for the Long Haul By Ginger Morgan, Director of Candid I don’t know about you, but for me it’s beginning to sink in that we may be doing this “Safer At Home” thing for a while.  One of the unsettling things about navigating this new normal is that we don’t really know how…

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