Purpose
3, 33, or 75?
3, 33, or 75? New year. New semester. Time for new goals, right? It’s pretty common to hear that New Year’s Resolutions have fallen out of favor. Truth be told, they don’t really work. We start with our resolve and a healthy dose of enthusiasm to do something positive or stop something negative, only to…
Why Coaching?
Why Coaching? When I first heard about health coaching, I was skeptical. I wasn’t sure if it was some sort of workout cheerleader, or someone who would tell me to eat my vegetables. So, I did some research. That research led me to eventually not only begin using health and life coaching, but to be…
Best Semester Yet!
Here we are at the beginning of a new semester. Whenever we are at the beginning: the beginning of a race, a game, a relationship, a semester… we usually are both optimistic and hopeful about how things will turn out. That’s actually a good thing! It gives us the motivation to start new things. Our…
Lessons From a Hinge: Change is Possible
Lessons From a Hinge: Change is Possible By: Ginger Morgan Let’s face it: our lives are not perfect. We may have a lot of things going right. (We should celebrate that!) Those are the things we can be grateful for. On the other hand, there are other areas of our lives that we may NOT…
Setting Yourself Up for Success
We all have tried to start healthy habits or stop doing something we think isn’t good for us. The impulse is good: we want to grow as a person. You enrolled at UW with the goal of growing and self-improvement: getting an education, developing your “adulting” skills, and (hopefully) positioning yourself for what comes next. …
Unplug at Holy Wisdom Monastery
Unplug at Holy Wisdom Monastery Located just twenty minutes northwest of the UW-Madison campus, Holy Wisdom Monastery is a place of prayer and hospitality, committed to environmental justice and respect for people of all walks of life. Holy Wisdom Monastery has a little bit of everything. You can explore forest trails, walk through prairies of…
Productivity in Isolation: How to Stay Balanced During a Global Crisis
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…
More Productivity in Isolation: How to Stay Balanced During a Global Crisis
Make the Most of Your Virtual Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Make the Most of Your Virtual Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic In the past few weeks, responses to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have swept through the globe and landed in Madison — canceling in-person class meetings and forcing college students everywhere to finish the semester virtually. This is an understandably stressful time for everyone: students,…
More Make the Most of Your Virtual Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic