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-20 posts tagged "self-care"
Isabelle Kause | Monday, February 20, 2023
So much of our lives is spent doing things that don’t allow us to always take proper time for ourselves. As college students, we worry so much about our futures— securing internships, studying for law school or medical school, lining up post-graduation jobs and so much more. Aside from thinking about the future, much of
Caitlin Brannigan | Wednesday, October 12, 2022
To set the mood for Halloween, I read Patti Wigington’s “Witchcraft for Healing: Radical Self-care for your Mind, Body, and Spirit.” I have no experience with witchcraft and didn’t know what to expect. I failed to connect well with the spookier aspects of the book, but its emphasis on self-care resonated with me. Its focus
Mikey Colgan | Tuesday, April 12, 2022
When patients need a kidney transplant, they will have to complete five to seven eight-hour dialysis sessions per week until they are up for a transplant. If a patient is then fortunate enough to receive a kidney, the person then has to hope that the body will not reject the kidney. In order to combat
Bella Laufenberg | Monday, April 11, 2022
Hi. My name is Bella, and I would like to tell you my story. A story of resilience, like many of us have, and imperfection. A story without a happy ending, but a hopeful one. Before I begin, I wanted to tell you that there is so much more to the story than I have
Allison Thornton | Tuesday, February 1, 2022
When you cry because a movie hits different, it’s not like your typical “mid-semester breakdown” cry; it’s a good cry. For example, recently, I watched the animated film “Encanto” not knowing what to expect. I went into the movie with little knowledge about the plot. But boy, I did not realize that I would be
Letter to the Editor | Friday, January 21, 2022
Speaking from a retrospective point of view, last semester was certainly a unique blend of everything that had been missing over the past two years. The dining halls bustled with laughter and commotion, and intensely long wait lines became the norm for the evenings. Tailgating made its return during football season, and performance halls opened
Alexa Schlaerth | Friday, November 19, 2021
There is a central focus in a lot of leisure literature these days: how do we recreate? Especially post-pandemic, as this landscape changes, we have all borne witness to the trend of “self-care.” Face masks & skincare, smoothies and baking bread, staying in and watching Tiktoks–you name it. As college students today, we are inundated
Alexa Schlaerth | Friday, September 10, 2021
I’m a bit of a hypochondriac. I’ve been accused of faking illness for pity or a break or even attention. I had been in some situations where going into the doctor led to no diagnosis at all. Sometimes aches and pains would come and go for no particular reason. There was no instruction packet sent
Letter to the Editor | Monday, May 3, 2021
I have written three different versions of this piece. All three were written in what I thought at the time was my last stay in quarantine. Now, I can say confidently this is my last time in quarantine (because I actually have COVID). In this piece, which I have put more effort into than any
Sydni Brooks | Tuesday, April 6, 2021
During one of my several hourlong school breaks watching TikTok videos, I managed to end up on the self-love and emotional healing side of TikTok. Most of these topics included people growing after relationship breakups, recovering from addiction or abuse, or learning different mechanisms to deal with harmful behaviors. Many of these videos displayed people