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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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What Triggers Happiness Hormones And How Can We Make The Most of Them In Everyday Life?
There are four main hormones (a type of chemical your body makes) that trigger feelings of happiness, and each chemical is connected to...
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What is Autonomy?
Autonomy can be defined as the ability to make choices according to our own free will rather than having them made for us. Autonomy is...
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The Importance of Failure
“It is impossible to live without failing at something unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in...
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How Bullet Journaling Can Help Us Manage Our Wellbeing
Bullet journaling is a handy way of keeping stock of different aspects of our lives. They’re quite visual and allow us to get creative as...
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What Does It Mean To Have Purpose In life?
The dictionary tells us that purpose is the reason something exists, an intended end; aim; or goal. Purpose creates meaning, offers a...
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'Walk and Talk' - Infusing the benefits of fresh air and exercise into your wellbeing appointment
In addition to our usual offer of support, the Student Wellbeing Service is offering ‘Walk and Talk’ appointments where appropriate. We,...
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What Happens To Your Mind And Body When You Feel Homesick
Taken from an original article by Caroline Bologna for HUFFPOST Whether you’ve gone away to college, moved to a new city or even just...
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Doing More by Doing Less: Reducing Autistic Burnout
This article recently appeared on Psychology Today by Erin Bulluss and Abby Sesterka outlining the importance of doing less to unlock...
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Resilience. What is it, and Why is it Important?
The term resilience will have positive connotations for some people, whilst others may feel the term itself is unhelpful. But what does...
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Autistic Burnout, Explained
Original article by Sarah Dewerdt for Spectrum ‘Autistic burnout’ is the intense physical, mental or emotional exhaustion, often...
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Try Something Different to Ease Your Stress.
Try a fun and creative and simple activity to make an aromatherapy stressball. Making playdough is quick and simple activity and...
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What is self-care and why is self-care important?
Self-care is a popular topic these days, but it is often poorly explained. Perhaps you keep seeing it mentioned in self-help books or...
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5 Benefits of Mindfulness for Black, Indigenous, and Women of Colour
Coach Katara McCarty writes that, for Black, Indigenous, Women of Color, the mindful act of pausing and noticing trauma—as well as...
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Five Ways to Wellbeing
The concept of wellbeing consists of two main elements: feeling good and functioning well. Feelings of happiness, contentment, enjoyment,...
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Focus on wellbeing during COVID-19 (Coronavirus): suggestions for autistic university students
Context This is an unexpected and stressful situation. Nobody expected to be working in a totally different way in the middle of an...
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Anti-Racism Resources
Resources to educate yourself on anti-racism including recommended reading, podcasts, social media and courses and webinars. The Student...
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What Is Intergenerational Trauma? An Expert Explains
The following article was written by Mirel Zaman and contains an interview with Dr. Mariel Buque a trauma therapist in the USA. (The...
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Happy Place Festival
Happening right now and for the next month from 12th June - 12th July 2020, Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place has transformed into a virtual...
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Migration Matters Festival
MIGRATION MATTERS FESTIVAL is the largest Refugee week Festival in the UK. It is pay what you feel theatre and arts festival that...
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