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Mindfulness can reduce stress and anxiety while increasing well-being and academic performance.

Find Your Superpower With Mindfulness

Allexa Zwinck, Contributor September 20, 2021

What if I told you that you had an undiscovered superpower that could help you through this semester? What if that same superpower could also improve your physical health, stress and anxiety levels, increase...

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Becky Warren talks about how college can be a time of intense self-discovery mid August in the student counseling center. "Just...try on different versions of yourself, you know and see what you think and quietly observe" said Warren. School starts soon, jumpstarting personal growth and introspection for many students.

Give yourself permission

Allexa Zwinck, Mental Health August 23, 2021

College has become nearly synonymous with self-discovery. For many students, college is the first experience in crafting their own lives. With new found freedom, they are able to dictate how time is spent,...

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Budgets are cut as suicide rates increase nationwide

Tova Kibal, Features Editor September 20, 2018

According to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Sweden’s death rate due to mental health issues and substance use disorders was 5.9 of every 100,000 people in 2015. In the Netherlands,...

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Remember to Relax

Remember to Relax

The Prairie Editorial Staff November 3, 2016

With midterms officially out of the way and the end of the semester finally coming within sight, students know that college life is soon to be hectic. When the realization hits that tests, presentations,...

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