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Mitigating the impact of burnout culture
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Burnout is the soft white underbelly beneath today’s fast-paced and demanding world, affecting individuals across various professions and lifestyles, but what is it really? Recently, there has been a growing recognition of the challenges that individuals face both in the workplace and in their personal lives. Women often fall victim to unique circumstances. I interviewed…
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The problem with self-diagnosing yourself
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During my psychology course, my professor began the lesson with a cautionary tale of the phenomenon “medical school disease”, when students use the textbook to self-diagnose. Self-diagnosis is partially inevitable; we naturally resonate with that which reflects our personal experiences – but to what extent? We fall for confirmation bias, receiving search results based on…
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Schools across Ontario call for mental health support
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According to a survey conducted by advocacy group People for Education, 91 per cent of schools in Ontario expressed a need for further support in mental health programming for students. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, the province’s elementary teachers’ union, expressed concerns similar to those elaborated in the survey, going so far as to…
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Winter blues and the Wellness Centre
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This winter season, programs and services provided by the Laurier Wellness Centre can help students combat the winter blues. The winter blues, also known as seasonal affective disorder or seasonal depression, affects around 15 per cent of Canadians. According to the Canadian Mental Health Association, “The winter blues are a wave of low emotions that…
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The effects of 2000’s diet culture lingers today
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Almost every magazine cover in the 2000s showed thin models with bold fonts cheering on the next fad diet that will guarantee the fastest way to lose weight. How to get a celebrity body, the perfect beach body and the revenge body. Diet culture had women tangled in its fingers. A notable and notorious force…
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Outside the binary of doom-scrolling and oblivion
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The mid-50-year-olds in my life always say that they doom scroll as soon as they wake up in the morning. It’s a habit that they also recognize the need to stop. From burning forests and wars, to shootings and political drama, the sadness and tensions of the world are inescapable for them. Simultaneously, my inherent…
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Unpacking Trauma and Mental Health
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As human beings, we go through life experiencing everything as a blur. One of the fascinating parts of humanity is looking into how certain negative and traumatic experiences can impact someone’s health and their lives without their direct knowledge. Although trauma is a nuanced and complicated word that can entail a wide range of definitions,…
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Snore your way to success by improving your sleep quality
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Lack of sleep might be the underlying culprit of issues with day-to-day motivation, mood, and health. Exam season is around the corner; use the following tips to build a proper sleep schedule so that your mind is clear, and you can better concentrate on your goals! A good night of sleep starts with a good…
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Laurier marks this year’s Thrive Week
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This past week, the Laurier Wellness Centre hosted Thrive Week. Thrive Week has been adopted by many post-secondary institutions across Ontario with the aim of strengthening mental health on campuses. “I think it’s really important to do something good for your body and for your mind or whatever type of wellness you feel like [is]…
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Laurier study finds discrimination increases mental and academic struggles for 2SLGBTQ+ students
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A new study at Wilfrid Laurier University has found that discrimination against the 2SLGBTQ+ community likely leads to mental health and academic struggles for university students who identify as 2SLGBTQ+. Thriving On Campus is the first study of its kind to interview and survey nearly 4,000 students from universities across Ontario, gathering the experiences, perceptions,…
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