stress
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Why Daylight-Saving Drains Students Most
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In university there are often jokes about exhaustion. All-nighters are normalized; coffee is a personality trait, and students often say, “I will sleep when I am done,” and it feels like an unofficial motto. However, when the time comes around for the clocks to move forward each spring, the change always seems minor, as it is just one hour. For students, already running empty, though, that hour is not small. And suddenly the jokes stopped being funny. …
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Come chill with dogs on Laurier’s Waterloo campus
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Every Wednesday, “Chilling with Dogs” is held at Martin Luther University College. The event allows students to de-stress by playing with dogs. Kristine Lund, principal-dean at Martin Luther University College, started “Chilling with Dogs” because of an observation she made while supervising students in placement at Delton Glebe Counseling Centre. “[Students] would anecdotally talk about…
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Comment les Canadiens peuvent-ils atteindre le bien-être financier
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Traduit en français par Alanna Hillier-Bell, Jocelyne Belanger et Caroline Arseneau. Des facteurs externes, comme le prix des logements, jouent un rôle dans la détermination de la prospérité financière , mais les habitudes d’une personne permettent également de prédire dans quelle catégorie de bien-être se situe-t-elle. Selon Adam Metzler, professeur adjoint au département de mathématiques…
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How Canadians can achieve financial wellness
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External factors like housing prices play a role in determining financial wellness, but an individual’s habits also predict what category of wellbeing they fall into. According to Adam Metzler, an associate professor in the mathematics department at Wilfrid Laurier University, individuals fall into one of three categories of financial wellbeing. The three categories are “financially…
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The importance of projects and personal pursuits
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The human being craves a purpose. Without a purpose, we rot and wither away in a self-destructive decline into madness. The human brain has evolved to reward action and productive behaviour with feel-good chemicals to encourage their further continuation. As a species, we have evolved and survived by doing things. There are plenty of things…
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Well-being study finds work burnout at an all-time high
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A well-being study from the YMCA of Three Rivers found that employee burnout is at an all-time high in Waterloo, Guelph and Stratford. According to the study, “when asked how frequently they have experienced burnout, 73% of respondents reported that they have experienced burnout at least sometime in the last three months.” Jessie Zhan, an…
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The Physical tolls of stress
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Stress is experienced by everyone on a variety of levels due to many different reasons. It is no secret that stress is uncomfortable and triggers many health issues. I argue that it is becoming increasingly worse for students to manage, and the physical tolls of stress are not fully realized by young adults. Ironically, our…
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Places around Waterloo Region to get you outdoors and relieve stress
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It’s not a far stretch to say that the COVID-19 pandemic has been a huge cause of stress for many people, in more ways than one. The problem is that it seems as though it’s harder and harder for people to find healthy ways to relieve stress. With the “red zone” rules, gyms are shut…
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Self-care during COVID-19
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I’ve been hearing the term “self-care” being used more frequently in conversation over the past few years, both in person and via social media. For me, this prompts the questions of what is the meaning of self-care, and what does it look like? According to the Oxford dictionary, self-care is defined as “the practice of…
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Editorial: Balancing a hectic schedule
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I have three, no — wait — four calendars on the go at all times. One in my bag, my fridge, my phone and one that floats around all willy-nilly. Each day is separated into five categories; kids, work, school/homework, ex’s work schedule, and elusive free time. Subsequently, my brain is also subdivided into those…
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