/student/wellbeing/ en /student/wellbeing/news/list/2023/10/08/a-mental-health-ally What does it mean to be one?

]]> October 10 2023 Asirah Abdul Kadir /student/wellbeing/news/list/2023/10/08/a-mental-health-ally /student/wellbeing/news/list/2023/09/30/talking-to-your-parents-about-mental-health So, you want to be more honest with your parents about your mental and emotional wellbeing.

]]> October 09 2023 Asirah Abdul Kadir /student/wellbeing/news/list/2023/09/30/talking-to-your-parents-about-mental-health /student/wellbeing/news/list/2022/11/13/meaningful-work Meaningful work

]]> January 19 2023 Ember Corpuz /student/wellbeing/news/list/2022/11/13/meaningful-work /student/wellbeing/news/list/2022/11/12/creativity I remember being about eight or nine years old and dreaming of being a writer and a poet. I'd create these poems and submit them to the children's section of our local paper. My mom would tell me that I would have notebooks upon notebooks filled with poems, short stories, and ideas for novels. Thinking back, I think I can even recall where in my room I kept all these notebooks. My parents would keep the clippings of written work that would be published in the ‘kids’ section, which I assure you were not particularly brilliant, but they were all unfettered and unbound creative work. Looking back now, I can’t help but feel a bit jealous of my childhood self, thinking about how easily all the words and ideas flowed out from my mind onto the very many pages.

]]> December 23 2022 Ember Corpuz /student/wellbeing/news/list/2022/11/12/creativity /student/wellbeing/news/list/2022/11/12/calm-and-stillness I used to date this guy, let’s call him Guy.

]]> December 06 2022 Ember Corpuz /student/wellbeing/news/list/2022/11/12/calm-and-stillness /student/wellbeing/news/list/2022/11/13/laughter-song-and-dance This week’s challenge was to ‘let go of being cool and always in control’ and the first thought that came to mind was one of the Friends episodes - The One With the Routine (Season 6 Episode 10). Yes I’m a 90s kid, but I don’t know what possessed my friends and me from trying to recreate The Routine - we even recorded it! It was meant to be a quiet girls’ night in, spent in our pyjamas as we shared a gorgeous grazing table and watched episode after episode of Friends. Recreating a goofy dance routine wasn’t part of the plan! 

]]> November 30 2022 Ember Corpuz /student/wellbeing/news/list/2022/11/13/laughter-song-and-dance /student/wellbeing/news/list/2022/11/12/play-and-rest The challenge with HDR life is that we have maybe too much freedom.

]]> November 19 2022 Ember Corpuz /student/wellbeing/news/list/2022/11/12/play-and-rest /student/wellbeing/news/list/2022/10/17/phd-guilt I recently came across an old blog post written in 2014 by a Ph.D. student. The title was, ‘Ph.D. guilt and shame’. Even without fully reading the post, I felt as some of my experiences as a Ph.D. student were validated.

]]> October 23 2022 Ember Corpuz /student/wellbeing/news/list/2022/10/17/phd-guilt /student/wellbeing/news/list/2022/10/03/connection One stigma I easily associate with mental health is the one associated with seeing a counsellor.

]]> October 05 2022 Ember Corpuz /student/wellbeing/news/list/2022/10/03/connection /student/wellbeing/news/list/2022/04/15/everyday-social-anxiety My social anxiety can heighten when I am least expecting it.

]]> May 03 2022 Taylor Millicent Fernandez /student/wellbeing/news/list/2022/04/15/everyday-social-anxiety