by Student Health 101 | Feb 6, 2019 | Emotional health
Jon Krop This is not just a pop song lyric; it’s also excellent mindfulness advice. (“Put your pinky rings up to the moon”? Less so.) As I’ve said before, when we feel anxiety or some other unpleasant emotion, we tend to flinch away and resist. Unfortunately, this...
by Student Health 101 | Jan 16, 2019 | Sexual health
Chamonix Adams Porter Sexting—digitally sharing sexually explicit messages or pictures—has become a common part of young people’s lives. According to a review of 39 studies, about 15 percent of teens report sending sexts and 27 percent report receiving them (JAMA...
by Student Health 101 | Jan 2, 2019 | Emotional health
Chelsey Taylor The issue Many students experience the impostor phenomenon—a feeling that their successes are due to luck rather than ability and effort. Certain populations are especially vulnerable: ethnic and racial minorities, those from historically marginalized...
by Student Health 101 | Dec 19, 2018 | General health
Jon Krop The holidays make me think of two things: (1) lots of talk about kindness and giving and “the holiday spirit,” and (2) lots of stress about travel, family, last-minute work, and other holiday hassles. The problem is that I’m usually too busy dealing with #2...
by Student Health 101 | Dec 5, 2018 | General health
Macaela Mackenzie & Katie Kretschmer It’s important for issues of academic integrity to be properly dealt with at every high school. But how and why students cheat is rarely a black-and-white matter. As increasing academic pressures and technology in the...
