The Exeter University Student Guild’s DVP Wellbeing, Lizzie Connick, discusses the launch of a new Instagram wellbeing page. What is ‘FeelingOurWay’? It is an Instagram page promoting mental wellness and positivity on campus. The aim of the page is to encourage a desire to feel content and at peace with the fact that things can […]
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Do you even lift? Meditation as a mental workout!
As Dr. Hedy Kober of Yale University so eloquently put it, meditation does ‘to [one’s] mind what going to the gym does to [one’s] body- it [makes] it both stronger and more flexible’. If you’re currently missing out on mind day, then perhaps this article will convince you to hit the meditation cushion or yoga mat […]
Should we all just pick up a paintbrush?
The idea of releasing tension through art dates back to Aristotle’s ideas of catharsis, where he believed that difficult emotions could be purged through exposure to dramatic tragedies, allowing the mind to experience distressing emotions in a safe environment. Today, the practice of art therapy is closely linked with the principles of Freudian psychotherapy, as […]