Blog Posts in Category: Healthy UNH
June 23, 2021
How Therapy Can Benefit Everyone For a long time, mental health and therapy just seemed to be one of taboo topics. Something you really shouldn’t be talking about, and if you did, people may pass judgment or stigma. Over time though, countless nonprofits and social justice groups have been advocating for the de-stigmatization of struggles with mental health. Since the start of the pandemic, it seems as though it is much easier to talk about mental health and that is more “okay” to bring it up... Read More
June 20, 2021
Staying Flexible Throughout the Day Although there are many ways to combat some of the physical fatigue we are all feeling at the end of the day from working at home; I think we can all agree that the best way to refresh and recharge without breaking a sweat is doing some light stretches at your desk. Sure, getting up to walk up and down the stairs a few times here and there or going outside to get some fresh air are both super important; but it’s hard to do these things when you already have... Read More
June 17, 2021
Name: Rachel Goding Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Department: COLSA; Nutrition & Wellness Role at UNH: Student/Residential Assistant Year Started at UNH: 2018 How does getting this vaccine make you feel? As an out-of-state student from Rhode Island, I was stoked when I found out that I could get the Pfizer vaccine on campus! I believe that achieving herd immunity through widespread vaccination will be a huge step in the right direction. What does getting this vaccine mean to you? I encounter so... Read More
June 8, 2021
Gather Food Repurposing Program Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with UNH Dining Dietitian, Rochelle L’Italien to talk about the Gather Food Repurposing Program that launched two weeks ago. This new program is a collaboration between UNH Dining, the UNH Nutrition Department, Gather NH, and so many other departments on campus. Essentially, this program works to rescue food that is still good but doesn’t meet “commercial standards” and prevent it from being sent to the garbage or... Read More
June 8, 2021
Staying safe and having fun this summer As more and more people are getting vaccinated and restrictions are lifting; many people are feeling the travel bug. The desire to leave the house for a week (or a few days) to be somewhere new and have some fun. Whether you want to get on a plane and fly to the other side of the country, or pack up the car and head to the mountains for the weekend; I think we are all feeling the travel bug in some sort of way. Now that we are heading into the summer... Read More
June 8, 2021
The Power of a Growth Mindset In 2006, Carol Dweck (an American Psychologist) discussed her theories on Fixed and Growth mindsets in her book “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”. Although her research was mainly focused on school-aged children, her works on Mindset can be applied to people at any age and stage of life. Simply put, a person has a fixed mindset if they believe that their talents, skills, and intelligence are just fixed traits. Meaning that there is nothing (or very... Read More
May 26, 2021
The Pandemic and Telehealth: One Year Later Early on in the pandemic, we saw restaurants, malls, bars, parks, gyms, and basically everything in between shut down. Doctors offices and medical practices were unable to shut down as they were considered essential, but many people were hesitant about going out for their routine care. As providers started to adapt in order to encourage their patients to come in for their regular appointments, policy makers also mobilized to create legislation for... Read More
May 17, 2021
What exactly are the new guidelines? This past week, the CDC released some new data and guidelines on mask wearing. Over the past few months, states around the country have made the change to drop the mask mandate in public spaces. This move was widely attributed to the mass vaccine distribution and mobilization which has left 96 million Americans fully vaccinated. Although controversial at first, the most recent CDC data supports the changes in the mask mandate, but there is a catch to it. ... Read More
May 17, 2021
Things to do before and after your COVID-19 vaccine Is that “Here comes the sun” by The Beatles I hear playing in the background? This past weekend I got my first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and this song has been stuck in my head ever since. Now I am well aware that the pandemic is far from over and that we still have a very long road ahead of us; but wow, it sure does feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders. Not only am I one step closer to leaving the pandemic untouched... Read More
May 11, 2021
Name: Michael Clemente Pronouns: He/His/Him Department: Mechanical Engineering Role at UNH: Student Year Started at UNH: 2017 How does getting this vaccine make you feel? Getting the vaccine makes me feel good and more at ease. What does getting this vaccine mean to you? Getting this vaccine means a lot to me, it also calms me knowing it could help in the event of infection. What would you say to someone who feels hesitant about getting the vaccine? It is ultimatlely up to you, it's your... Read More
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How Therapy Can Benefit Everyone
For a long time, mental health and therapy just seemed to be one... Read more
Staying Flexible Throughout the Day
Although there are many ways to combat some of the physical... Read more
Gather Food Repurposing Program
Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with UNH Dining... Read more
