Counseling and Health Promotion - Stress Management
Half of Us Check out this website created for college students to learn more out mental health issues including stress. This page has video clips of people telling their own stories of stress and stress management.
Campus Calm Stressed Out Students: Take 10 Steps Toward a Healthy 2007
Breathing Exercise.These exercises are easy to learn and practice regularly, and they can be remarkably effective for minimizing stress and anxiety while promoting optimal health through increased breath awareness and proper breathing technique all day long. All three recordings are by local breath expert, Stephen Parker, PsyD, LP
Basic Breathing (approx. 8 min)
Morning Breath Routine (approx. 18 min)
Full Body Relaxation (approx. 24 min)
Computer and Desk Stretches. Give your body a break while studying, check out this pictoral guide to stretches you can do while working at your computer (do this every 20 minutes and your body will thank you!)
Managing Stress: A Guide for College Students. A great site with lots of links to stress and wellness as it relates to attitude, healthy eating, physical activity, sleep and more.
Gimme a Break! Relaxing Study Breaks You Can Take at Your Desk.
Students & Stress. Great tips for managing stress from the University of Alberta.
College Students and Stress. Warning signs of stress; proactive stress management.
Managing Stress as a College Student .Tips and ideas from Brigham Young University Counseling Department.
Stress. What causes stress overload, ways to keep stress under control.
Overcoming Procrastination. From the University of Buffalo.
Stress - Signs, Symptons, Questions Treatment & Self-Care/Prevention.
Time Management. Top Ten Tips for Improving Time Management.
Journaling. Release some of your stress by writing it out. Here are some ways to start easy by journaling for 15 minutes from journal guru Kathleen Adams.
Relaxation Exercises. MP3 downloads of progressive relaxation and a combination relaxation exercise.
De-Stress products, including nature DVDs, yoga videos, guided meditations, and relaxation music.
International Student Stress: Adjustment Issues. Ways to handle the stress of adjusting to studying in the U.S.
