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Active Minds encourages people to speak out about mental health. Society unfortunately stigmatizes mental illness and education is the only way to change that. Active Minds chapters exist in schools like City Tech for the sole purpose of changing conversations about and preventing suicide or untreated mental disease. You must imagine how it would feel to have a disease and not be confident speaking about it publicly or privately. Bad situation.

Hello Everyone
The department is hoping to offer History 1103 in an online format for Summer 1 or possibly 2. If you might be interested in taking History 1103 online for either session please answer yes to the survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XG2W56D , provide your name and student ID number. This is not a binding agreement, but just a way to get a sense of how many students might be interested. Please forward to all interested parties because the greater the number of interested students, the greater the chance of the course being offered. Thanks Prof. Stephanie Boyle

Last semester I started making smarter health choices. Soda was first out of my diet. It has been about 5 months soda free and I am much less sluggish. I also stopped taking the elevator at school. Health Psych being on the 10th floor really pushes my legs but I have noticed each week the stairs get easier.  I think the Livewell college will be the extra push I need to solidify a healthier lifestyle.

For my first session, I was able to go through each survey fully and receive back the stage I was in. For exercise, I am in pre-contemplation, which means I need to come up with a weekly workout routine from now on. Primarily, I would like to focus on strength training but no gyms in my area supply the free weights necessary to deadlift, squat or bench press. Therefore, I will be doing body weight exercises instead at home such as push ups, pull ups and work on my core strength. A workout routine is nothing without a good diet. Being that I am in the preparation stage for healthy eating I will be get rid of soda and juice in exchange for drinking more water, tea and coffee. Food will stay consistent and boil down to one carb, protein and fat per meal. This can consist of rice with beans alongside chicken breast or fish and a piece of avocado while cooking with coconut or olive oil for an added source of healthy fat.  Finally, for stress management, I am in the maintenance stage. For the most part, I have tried my best to be even keel when it comes to work, school and life in general. I try to only focus on the things I can control. I have also been eager to try out meditation and possibly yoga in the future to be more present in the moment, and increase my happiness and self-esteem.

Active Minds is a supportive organization called to help the students to deal with their mental problems. In nowadays, mental health issues in college student population are very serious problem, which has to be considered. I think, the young people need to know that they are not alone with their problems. The information about counseling services will help them to feel protected. The scared statistics about 80-90% deaths by suicide among college students are not receiving help from their colleges counseling centers, prove the facts that the existence the organizations like Active Minds is very actual and necessary.

After the first session, I was placed on the maintenance stage in the active phase. It was not surprise to me, because I try to live in a healthy way being active. However, sometimes in order to relieve the stress in my busy schedule, I allow myself to be lazy, eat sweets and cookies, or even to eat junk food. I believe that we do not have to refuse from the brining us pleasure things. We just need to understand that in all our actions have to be a balance and willpower, helping us to maintain this balance. Otherwise, we will have even more stress refusing from our favorite things. For example, I like ice cream, and I do not want to refuse to eat ice cream on the weekends while watching my favorite TV show. Also, I try to listen to my body, and do not force myself go to the gym after busy working day. If I feel that I want to sleep, I just take a nap and relax.

After doing the Live well session, my outcome was Preparation. This is so typically me because I would prepare my routine, get everything I need and may start the first day and then quit or maybe at least do one week before falling off completely. I think Live well is very interesting and it may help me follow through on my exercising routine maybe in other aspects of life such as doing HW earlier than later. I had planned to do some cardio yesterday on an elliptical but instead I went to the park  took a walk and kicked around a soccer ball with some friends; hopefully I maintain the schedule I have planned for myself.

After reading and completing the questionnaire, I realized that I am on the right path for better health.  There are a few loop holes that I will need to close to continue on my path.  I do realize that my eating habits are not exactly where they should be, but is improving as I continue.  I try not to let situations in life stress me because I always tell my self “it could be worst”.  This allows me to try and have the best outcome out of every situation I may find my self in.  By the end of this semester, with the assistance of LiveWell, i will hope to find my self in a better physical and mental state of heath.

Active Minds is a great support system for people who are suffering from mental health. Is it a non-profit organization that support a network of people who provide/seek for emotional support. It is a great organization because it encourages people to open up and overcome their problems in life.