self-care

Over-loaded

Burnout. Have you been there?Continue...

Different forms of therapy

In a room of people I love, I’ve felt completely alone.Continue...

Don't replace health with self-care

While self-care is important, treating it as a cure-all for school-related stress, poor mental health, and general wellness can be dangerous.Continue...

Peer Support Centre Cares Week

From Mar. 5 to 9, the Queen’s Peer Support Centre (PSC) took to campus to remind students about an integral component of academic success: self-care.Continue...

Embarking on a self-care pilgrimage

With 2017’s rollercoaster of a summer finally over which peaked in temperature around September 20 the crisp, invigorating autumn air has finally arrived. This is prime time to do all those fall activities you’ve looked forward to all year including apple picking, baking and of course, going out with your housemates. But amid midterm season, be sure to invest in self-care too by indulging in some much-needed alone time.Continue...

The psychology of stress

Muscle tension, headaches, heart palpitations, trouble sleeping — the physical symptoms of stress are familiar to far too many university students. But what we’re often unaware of are the underlying physiological processes that contribute to stress.Continue...

Taking self-care seriously

More people are coming to understand mental health as existing on a spectrum: with debilitating mental illness on one side and mental wellness on the other.Continue...