Healthy UNH Blogger: Kate Porter
Keep Your Mind in Shape! Mental fitness can be defined as having and maintaining a state of well-being and cultivating awareness of how we think, feel, and behave. The same way that physical fitness provides us with an increased skillset and awareness, mental fitness helps in the same way. Practicing good mental fitness provides with better capacity for decision making, whether coming from external or internal stimuli and therefore less likely to sustain emotional injury. Mental fitness is the... Read More
How To Make the Most out of Your Enviroment! Our environment undeniably affects our mood and capability of completing tasks. If our environment makes us feel overwhelmed or stressed out, we feel this impact. One of the most common causes of an unhealthy environment is unnecessary clutter. Removing or controlling the clutter in our lives allows us to directly reduce these stressors, causing us to feel happier, less stressed, and more confident in ourselves. Decluttering is the process of... Read More
Make Your Workout Sessions More Beneficial! If you’re new to working out or just looking for some new ways to spice up your routine, it can be difficult to know where to begin. Incorporating these tips into your workout routine can help improve your results as well as make working out more enjoyable: 1. Make your own playlist Everyone knows listening to music can fire you up and motivate you during a workout, but there are more benefits to listening to your favorite playlist... Read More
One of the best parts of the fall season are the various tasty comfort foods we get to indulge in. Pies, stuffings, casseroles, all commonly associated with the autumn season. Check out some of the benefits of your fall favorite health foods and how you can add them to your diet. Click on each recipe to get inspired! Apples Apples are an excellent source of fiber, which is critical for a healthy diet. Fiber can help lower cholesterol and control blood sugar levels. Apples are also rich in... Read More
Tips to Better Manage Your Time Time management is all about making the most efficient use of your time and working smarter, not harder. The ability to manage your time effectively is important. Good time management skills can lead to improved productivity and efficiency, reduced stress levels, and greater life success. Although rewarding, these skills take much patience, discipline, and careful planning. It can be difficult to know where to begin with developing good time management skills. If... Read More
Daily habits that can help you avoid sickness and prevent the spread of viruses to others too! It seems as though it was just yesterday when summer was in the air and temperatures averaged at about 85 degrees. Fall has definitely arrived, and with the weather transitioning into cooler climates, winter isn’t too far behind. Along with the cool weather comes, you guessed it, cold and flu season. Before you know it, you feel scratchiness at the back of your throat and the sniffles that are all too... Read More
Name: Kate Porter (she/hers)
Home Town: Mystic, CT
Major: Communication
Graduation Year: 2021
What do you do to make a Healthy UNH? I submit COVID tests on a regular basis and participate in some of the classes in the Hamel Rec center put on by other students.
Favorite Food: Pad Thai
Favorite Movie: I don’t really have a favorite movie, but my favorite show is Peaky Blinders
Favorite Book: Woman in the Window by AJ Finn
What place in the world do you most want to visit & why? My best friend is from Thailand and we decided our senior trip would be spending a few weeks there to see where she is from. I’m so excited to take this trip with her, I have always wanted to go and I know it would mean a lot to her.
Favorite Dining Hall and why: Philly, it was the only dining hall I really went to when I was freshman but it easily is the best out of the three.
What do you love about UNH? I love the beautiful campus and all of the amazing friends I have made throughout the years. Wouldn’t want to be anywhere else!
As a Healthy UNH Intern, What are you most excited about? I’m very excited to try something new and get to know some more people throughout my internship.
