Managing college stress

After a month since returning to school, how are you doing?  Feeling any of that Syllabus Shock? Have you settled into routines of classes, dining hall hours, sports practice or music rehearsal or the on-campus job? For a lot of students, September is an exciting time of reconnecting with friends, meeting new people, signing up for clubs and committees. With so many opportunities offered to you at the start of each semester, it can be easy to overbook yourself and forget to leave time for, oh, I don’t know…sleep.  Exercise. Eating well. Studying, even.

Compassion and Comparison

How many times have I been in a support group and someone says,  “I’m not like them. Why should I be here?”  Or maybe, “You’ve never been through it, so how would you know what it’s like?”  I think that when people say this, they’re really asking the question: Will anyone get it? Will anyone take the time to hear, to see, to suffer with me?