UC EVENTS

Setting Yourself up for Success at Uni: 

This session will explore how to be ready for the challenges of semester, build positive routines that will protect you from stress, and how to recover if there is a wobble so that you can get back on track.

Social Connections - Creating your network:
 

This week we will focus on ways to find sources of friends and expand your sense of connection to prevent loneliness and improve wellbeing.  It will be a great chance to meet other students at the start of semester.

Purpose:

Today’s session will explore your sense of purpose.  We will take a quiz and discuss ways to revisit this aspect of our lives which is linked to physical and mental health.

Social Connections - Joining in and initiating:

Today we will speak about how to overcome shyness, and create and maintain your social connections by initiating conversations and get togethers.

Sleep hygiene and progressive muscle relaxation:

This session will help you learn and practice ways to unwind and get good quality rest.

Social Connections - Deepening and maintaining connections:

This session will explore ways to grow closer to others and how to repair difficulties along the way.

Practicing Consent:

As part of Respect Week on campus, today we will get into the nitty gritty of how and when to seek consent.  We will work together to identify phrases and language that could work for you to ease any awkwardness when negotiating boundaries with others.  

Managing Procrastination (with Emily):

Today's conversation will explore why procrastination occurs and explore practical strategies to help you get things done.

Coping with Unwanted Thoughts and Feelings:

Today’s session will focus on using acceptance to allow negative thoughts to exist without fighting with them. This strategy can allow us to refocus on what matters to us.