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Suicide Prevention Training and Resources (Risha)
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Suicide Prevention Training and Resources (Risha)

When someone brings up feelings of suicide, it can be hard to know how to react. Suicide is such an important topic, and you will likely feel immense pressure to do and say the right things. Suicide prevention training can help provide you with the knowledge and mindset to more effectively address mental health emergencies such as suicide.

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Letting Go the Judgement of Strangers (Ciera)
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Letting Go the Judgement of Strangers (Ciera)

It wasn’t until I got older that I realised the true importance of strategically learning not to care – to acknowledge that, in some circumstances, people will think or say whatever they want and to attempt to alter their incorrectness isn’t usually a battle worth pursuing.

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How Pets Help with Depression (Lucia)
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How Pets Help with Depression (Lucia)

Life can be challenging, but many people find love and comfort in their furry friends! Animals and companions can have a massive impact on mental health, especially in alleviating symptoms of depression. Pets provide unconditional love and create a sense of purpose, and they can play a significant role in bettering our emotional health.

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Overcoming Regret & Finding Peace (Alexa)
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Overcoming Regret & Finding Peace (Alexa)

The hardest thing to do is to find peace with the regret you have. It’s a battle of having to deal with chances or situations we won't get back and looking for the freedom to let yourself be in the present.

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Holding Onto Heartbreak (Ciera)
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Holding Onto Heartbreak (Ciera)

I was a seventeen-year-old countryside girl who didn’t know the meaning of love, floating through life with the belief that to discover it was my destiny. I’d read about it in so many books, sang along to beautiful ballads in my room (but only when my parents were out), inked its sentiments of warmth within my poetry. And then, it found me.

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Finding Your Inner Peace: A Mini Guide to Journaling (Liz)
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Finding Your Inner Peace: A Mini Guide to Journaling (Liz)

In the chaos of daily life, this mini guide explores the power of journaling as a tool to find peace, set goals, and navigate the complexities of thoughts and emotions, offering practical tips and gentle encouragement for those looking to discover their inner calm.

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Chronically Organized: Surviving College With Chronic Illness (Sarah)
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Chronically Organized: Surviving College With Chronic Illness (Sarah)

A new semester often means new and exciting opportunities to get involved, advance your goals, and gain further knowledge. However, a new semester means something unique for every student. While one student may need to pick up textbooks, finalize classes, and accept a fellowship, others are catching up with their friends and family and are soaking up the final days of break. The experience of another student may be spending those weeks over break meeting with disability services, talking with their advisors, consulting their doctors for updated care plans, and sending their accommodations letters to professors while also picking up supplies, and hoping another flare doesn't alter their plans. Every student has their own story that is still being shaped, yet is filled with responsibilities, challenges, and opportunities.

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New Year, Same Me (Kim)
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New Year, Same Me (Kim)

I will continue to be who I want to be. Someone who is kind, caring, and thoughtful. Someone who tries to do what is recommended, but may stumble along the way. Someone who has really good intentions, but maybe not the best follow through.

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A Time for New Traditions (Ciera)
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A Time for New Traditions (Ciera)

This year let’s vow together to make Christmas a day less tailored towards tradition and more towards what aligns with you in any way possible.

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A Merry Christmas for All (Stacey)
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A Merry Christmas for All (Stacey)

Happy holidays.  Merry Christmas. Have a happy new year. A holiday season and winter parties versus Christmas season and Christmas parties dispute seems to intensify a little each day.  But does it really have to be that way?

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