An introvert's survival guide to university
Came across this from the UCL (University College of London) and found it useful, gentle, and wise article based on as the title says,...
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Below you will find regularly updated articles written by the wellbeing team covering a range of topics to help support your mental wellbeing. Please browse all of the articles and check back for new and updated posts.
If you are a student at The University of Sheffield and you would like to share your top tips on wellbeing or have suggestions for future blogs, please email us at: studentwellbeingblog@sheffield.ac.uk.
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Wellbeing During the Assessment Period
A guide to managing your wellbeing and boosting your productivity during the assessment period Sitting down and concentrating for...
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Navigating Change
At this moment in time, it’s safe to say we’ve all had to make some major readjustments to our everyday lives and establish a new...
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Tricky Acceptance - What Does Acceptance Mean?
"You just need to accept it!" How often have you heard or said something along these lines? It can be one of those things we say and tell...
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The Benefits of Being Outdoors
During this time of lock-down, we have all been able to exercise outdoors once a day, and now that has been extended in recognition of...
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Struggling with Motivation?
Motivation can be a struggle in these uncertain times. Daily life routines can be difficult at the moment such as revising for exams or...
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The Benefits of Kindness
Being kind can significantly improve our physical and emotional wellbeing - whether we are giving or receiving it. There have even been...
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Mental Health Awareness Week - Kindness
Hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, Mental Health Awareness Week takes place from 18-24 May 2020. This year's theme is kindness....
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Managing Anxiety During The Exam Period
It's nearly that time of year again. You can almost hear 8 weeks of pure relaxation calling your name. But, you've got one last hurdle to...
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Feeling the pressure to be productive during COVID-19? You're not alone.
It seems everywhere you look at the moment people are embracing the current pandemic as an opportunity to be productive, learning new...
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Ideas to Help You Stay Fit and Healthy While Social-distancing and Self-isolating
Over the course of a few short weeks, this pandemic has upended lives and completely changed how we work, socialise, and interact. We...
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How to Be Happier in Your Daily Life: A Crash Course.
I’ve recently come across this article that is both promoting and offering readers the chance to complete what is termed “Yale’s most...
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Six Key Elements of Psychological Wellbeing
Wellbeing can be defined as the capacity to realise your own abilities, cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively, make a...
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Self-Care For When The News Is A Little Scary
You turn on the news. You hear about infection rates soaring, increasing deaths and the prospect of months in social isolation - the...
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The Art of Doing Nothing: How Meditation Can Help Change Our Experience of Life
How many people when they hear the word meditation often think of the stereotypical image of someone sat cross legged on the floor,...
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That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is Grief
(Excerpt from an article written by Scott Berinato for the Harvard Business Review first published March 23, 2020) The coronavirus...
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The Benefits of Having a Daily Routine
Developing a daily routine can help us to feel more in control and help us to make room for all that is important in our lives. Routine...
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A Normal Response to an Abnormal Situation
For some, anxiety may be a familiar feeling that surfaces from time to time in certain situations. Whether this is exam stress, social...
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How to Keep the Mind and Body Active Whilst Staying at Home.
With the most recent government guidelines informing us to stay home for three weeks and work from home, it may feel like our daily lives...
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Looking After Yourself During Covid-19
During this prolonged period of uncertainty that we are currently faced with due to the current epidemic, there is no doubt going to be a...
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