This blog post is written by guest blogger Mary Cortinas (she/her), a Healthy UCrew Ambassador and first-year nursing student. Mary completed her HBSc in Nutrition and Human Biology at U of T. Mindfulness is a word that has been more…
Our First Mindful Moments Class Experience
Time flies! The fact that we are already done with our first month of school is unbelievable. With things moving quickly, due dates coming up and midterms approaching, it is essential to care for our minds, and bodies by taking the…
Change the Behaviour, Not the Feeling: Coping With Difficult Thoughts
If there’s one thing that’s plagued me in my social life it is accepting difficult thoughts. Whether it’s worrying about saying something wrong in a first impression to someone, ruminating about a friend not texting me back, or overthinking a…
The Importance of Finding a Mindful Moment
I can vividly remember the very first time I walked through campus. It seemed so vast, thrumming with an energy of possibility, opportunity and hope. As a first-year, completely unaware of what to expect from the journey that lay ahead,…
Eating With Intention: Mindful Eating Workshop
Here’s what I learned after attending a mindful eating workshop by health & wellness at U of T.
Mindful Moments: How Being Present Brings Me #JoyAtUofT
How mindful moments and being present bring me #joyatuoft
The Overemphasis on Having Friends in College (And Why It’s Okay Not to Have Any)
Who are friends? Are they the people you go out with? The people you see in class and study with? The ones available during a quarter-life crisis? Or are they all the above? The environment of campus life gives off…
Always tired? Mindfulness might help
It’s so unbelievably good to disconnect completely from the ceaseless cycle of deadlines that is university academics.
My Homesickness Tricks
The biggest problem I faced in my first year of university was homesickness. I was already familiar with the feeling, having been to sleepover summer camp as a kid, but I still didn’t know how to make it go away.…
#JoyAtUofT: Leading with Joy
“Does it spark joy?” a useful question to ask myself when I’m de-cluttering, and practicing leadership.