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University of Manitoba, Student Wellness

Health and Wellness Blogs

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Who Are You? Learning How to Align With Your Authentic Self

Caitlin

Mar 31, 2023
4 min

Who Are You? Learning How to Align With Your Authentic Self

Who Are You? Learning How to Align With Your Authentic Self

Coping with Intense Emotions

Caitlin

Dec 2, 2022
3 min

Coping with Intense Emotions

Coping with Intense Emotions

Reflecting on Social Media Use

Bryanna

Oct 13, 2022
4 min

Reflecting on Social Media Use

Reflecting on your social media use

How I Accepted My Bag In Life

Megan

May 27, 2022
3 min

How I Accepted My Bag In Life

Megan reflects on Mark Epstein's Advice Not Given

My experience as a Healthy U volunteer

Naila

May 9, 2022
2 min

My experience as a Healthy U volunteer

Naila reflects on her year as a Healthy U volunteer

What I was Able to Accomplish this Year

Trevena

May 5, 2022
2 min

What I was Able to Accomplish this Year

Trevena reflects on the goals she made in September

A Reflection on First-Week Stress

Jayden

Apr 25, 2022
2 min

A Reflection on First-Week Stress

Jayden reflects on how she coped with stress in her first week of classes and throughout the year

Miss Emma Dilemma: Group members who don't do their fair share

Emma Dilemma

Apr 12, 2022
2 min

Miss Emma Dilemma: Group members who don't do their fair share

Miss Emma Dilemma gives some advice on what to do if group members don't do their fare share in group projects

Feelings of Grief

Sydney

Apr 6, 2022
3 min

Feelings of Grief

Feelings of Grief

Top Study Tips From A Fourth-Year University Student

Megan

Feb 16, 2022
3 min

Top Study Tips From A Fourth-Year University Student

Learn study tips from a fourth-year university student including active learning and adapting.

How Should a University Student Study?: A Simple Approach for all

Tee-Tee

Jan 17, 2022
3 min

How Should a University Student Study?: A Simple Approach for all

How Should a University Student Study?: A Simple Approach for all

How to Reduce Stress

Daksh

Jan 10, 2022
2 min

How to Reduce Stress

Hi everyone! Today I would like to talk about stress and how to reduce it in our daily lives. It has certainly been a stressful year for...

Reconnecting With the Métis Culture

Jayden

Nov 29, 2021
5 min

Reconnecting With the Métis Culture

Learn about the Métis people and the unique issues that they face.

What Studying for an Entire Year Taught Me About Work-Life Balance

Megan

Oct 22, 2021
2 min

What Studying for an Entire Year Taught Me About Work-Life Balance

Learn about the reflections Megan makes after studying for a year.

What other force is stronger than our self-judgement?

Jasmin

Oct 19, 2021
2 min

What other force is stronger than our self-judgement?

Read about Jasmin's reflection on her art and self-compassion.

Last Year Was Rough, this is How I Plan to Make this Year Better

Trevena

Oct 18, 2021
2 min

Last Year Was Rough, this is How I Plan to Make this Year Better

Read about Trevena's 5 goals for the 2021-2022 year!

Tips for Moving Out for the First Time

Carly

Oct 15, 2021
2 min

Tips for Moving Out for the First Time

Tips and tricks if you have recently moved out, or are hoping to move out soon!

How I learnt self-compassion this summer

Sydney

Oct 14, 2021
2 min

How I learnt self-compassion this summer

Learn about how Sydney learnt about self-compassion this summer.

Confessions of a University Student: Stress, Sleep and my Recipe for Success

Tee-Tee

Oct 12, 2021
2 min

Confessions of a University Student: Stress, Sleep and my Recipe for Success

Upon getting my course schedule this July for this school year, I was greeted with the very familiar feelings of stress. I am in the...

My Healthy U Experience!

Daksh

Oct 8, 2021
2 min

My Healthy U Experience!

Read about the things Daksh learnt from his time volunteering with Healthy U!

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