Time in Nature Can Help Relieve Stress and Anxiety
The Atlantic’s recent article, “To Get Out of Your Head, Get Out of Your House,” discusses how spending time in nature increases your wellbeing and happiness. It also presents evidence that spending time in nature increases creativity and problem solving.
24 Ways to Make Friends at BU
Your social wellbeing is one of seven dimensions that make up your holistic wellness. Building and maintaining healthy relationships and having meaningful interactions with those around you are an important part of feeling well. BU Today compiled a great list of ideas around how to make new friends that is a great resource any time […]
Excellence > Perfection: Perfectionism and Self Compassion
This workshop will help you become more aware of how perfectionist thinking may be impacting you, and how to use the skill of self-compassion to decrease the impact of perfectionist thinking to help you thrive, without compromising excellence! This workshop is a collaboration with the Newbury Center and is geared towards first-gen students. The workshop […]
Bostonia: Can we measure human flourishing?
Can This Interdisciplinary Team Measure Human Flourishing? Helmed by BU sociologist Deborah Carr, this study will look at people who flourish in adversity.
Dr. Carrie Landa on “The Quadcast”
In this episode of “The Quadcast,” Big Picture Strategies for College Student Wellbeing, Dr. Carrie Landa, Boston University’s new Executive Director of Student Wellbeing, talks about factors that contribute to student wellness and strategic initiatives colleges and universities can engage in to increase social belonging. Landa’s expertise in psychology lends itself to teaching students resilience, […]
“How Many Friends Do You Really Need?”
Great read in the New York Times about the value of friendship, connection and social wellbeing. How Many Friends Do You Really Need?
Wellbeing Provides Conversation Kits
Want to get to know someone better? Feel like you need a little boost in your social wellbeing? Check out what happens when two Questrom students pick up a Wellbeing Conversation Kit and just enjoy an in person connection.
World Meditation Day – May 21
Celebrate World Meditation Day May 21 with Headspace. It’s free for BU students!
Goodwill Not Landfill – Through Move Out
Did you know that donating your gently used belongings promotes your wellbeing? It supports your environmental, social and mental wellbeing. Since 2009, BU students have saved 754 tons of materials from landfills and incinerators by donating to Goodwill during move out. Student Wellbeing is excited to partner with BU Sustainability, Residence Life and Goodwill Industries […]