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Tag: Stress

How to take care of mental health

How to take care of mental health

Hiya! A theme that is never discussed enough is mental health, especially our own mental health! Honestly, lately I have been struggling with it and I am trying my best to recover, but it is not easy at all, and I hope that someday I […]

Stressbusting with Audrey Tang Part 2

Stressbusting with Audrey Tang Part 2

Hello again! Psychological stress requires psychological tools to beat it. If you read my last blog, I explained three useful tools to help you combat stress and today, I will give continue to explain a few more! Tool 4: Self care Audrey started off with […]

Eco-therapy

Eco-therapy

Hello again! I think it’s important to talk about eco-therapy, seeing as we have all felt a little bit out of sorts since the start of lockdown. What is eco-therapy? Eco-therapy is an umbrella term used to describe various programmes which aim to improve physical and mental […]

How to Create a Good Learning Space at Home

How to Create a Good Learning Space at Home

Hey everyone. How are you getting on with your studies? Well, for me, heading out the door once a week for my evening course at University College Birmingham used to be the ‘norm’ and it was just right for me. I looked forward to being in the […]

Stress Awareness Month

Stress Awareness Month

Hello, hello, hello, everyone!! I hope you are feeling good and healthy. Today I would like to emphasise the importance of maintaining ourselves free from stress. I am the first one who stresses out when lots of things jumble up. But we all need to […]

What to do with a stressful assignment

What to do with a stressful assignment

Hello again! How are your assignments coming along? Are you feeling stressed about them?… If you are then I have written this blog for you! What is your motivation? If you understand WHY you are at university and WHY you are studying, it will help […]

2018 Rewind

2018 Rewind

Hi everyone! I hope you are well and have settled into the New Year! I always find that January is a month of reflection on the past year. This time last year I looked back on the previous 12 months with my 2017 rewind and got some […]

You can’t win them all

You can’t win them all

This week I just wanted to touch on something that I believe needs to be spoken about more widely. My little sister has just finished her GCSEs and to say the experience for her was traumatic is an understatement. This brought back memories for me […]

Stress Awareness Month

Stress Awareness Month

Hi everybody! I hope you are well and enjoying eating lots of Easter eggs! For this week’s blog post I wanted to chat to you about stress.  April is Stress Awareness Month, and I think it is something we all get or suffer from at […]

Don’t Stress about It

Don’t Stress about It

Anybody else bogged down with either assignments, dissertations, work, relationships or all of the above! I find at uni stress comes is swings and roundabouts; some days I feel like I have things under control, other times I do not! On Wednesday it was National Stress […]