April 30, 2019
Featured this month:
  • Spring 2019 Stressbusters
  • Wellness Tips for Finals
  • Got Yourself Down? Change Your Self-Talk
  • Summer Sun Safety
  • Meet BTW: Bridge to Wellness
Colorful postcard that says "Spring 2019 Stressbusters"
Highlighted Stressbusters:

Check out the full list of Stressbuster events, including therapy dogs, outdoor fitness classes, crafting, giveaways, and more!

Self-Care Bazaar
Take time to restore, reflect and rejuvenate yourself during finals. Come and participate in stress ball making, coloring, meditation sessions (space limited, sign up  here), therapy dogs, and much more.
Tuesday, April 30, 12:15 pm to 1:45 pm, Heller School Zinner Forum

Breakfast for Dinner
Enjoy hot breakfast foods with other graduate students at the Grad Center. Foods will include pancakes, eggs, fruit, and other tasty goodies!
Wednesday, May 1, 5:30 pm to 7 pm, Graduate Student Center

Afro-Flow Yoga
Experience a unique hybrid of yoga, dance and rhythm in a compassionate, nonjudgmental and safe environment. Afro Flow Yoga promotes healing, balance and peace in a session set to live percussion and guided by spiritual principles of the African diaspora.
Thursday, May 2, 11 am to 4 pm, Fellows Garden

A Seat at the Table: Food Truck Festival
CAB, in partnership with the CCT and Health and Wellness Promotion, invite you to enjoy the last day of school with food trucks, painting, and yoga in Fellows Garden outside the SCC! Food trucks will include Daddy’s Bonetown Burgers, the Chubby Chickpea (featuring kosher options), Frozen Hoagies, and Moyzilla. The first 200 students to arrive will receive a voucher for a free meal and dessert! Bring your own blanket.
Thursday, May 2, 2 pm to 5 pm, Fellows Garden

Massages and Ice Cream
Cap off a stressful and busy spring semester with a free massage! Massage times are limited but walk-ins are welcome throughout the event. Ice cream sundaes will also be served. Sign up for your massage .
Thursday, May 2, 4 pm to 8 pm, Graduate Student Center

Baseball Game
Grab some free pizza and a stress ball, then kick back and enjoy the game!
Thursday, May 2, 7 pm on the baseball field

Rest, Refresh, Renew
A study break with the Chaplains, B. Mindful, and the Roosevelt Fellows featuring mindfulness, free massages, childhood games, and other surprises!
Friday, May 3, 11 am to 1 pm, Rapaporte Treasure Hall

DEISCREAM!
Relaxation, lawn games, and a good ol' stress-relieving group scream for (of course...) ice cream! Brought to you by the Brandeis Beacons.
Friday, May 3, 6:15 pm to 7:30 pm, Fellows Garden

Float & Floats
Unwind, relax, and float in inner tubes as you listen to music and sip ice cream floats.
Saturday, May 4, 12:30 pm to 1 pm, Linsey Pool

Baby Farm Animals
Take a break to pet cute, baby, farm animals!
Monday, May 6, 11 am to 1 pm, Library Patio next to Usdan
As we enter the final stretch of the semester,
put wellness on your to-do list.

Prioritizing your health over the next couple weeks will not only help your body, it will help your brain (and your grades).
Got Yourself Down?
Try Changing Your Self-Talk

by Alek Kopulsky, '19, HAWP Intern

Sometimes, we can be brutally unsympathetic to and even bully ourselves for failing to meet our own high standards. These self-deprecating thoughts come from a part of ourselves that needs to be nurtured and re-informed. Compassionate self-talk is a practice that can help us improve our self-image and build resiliency; it is warm, responsive, supportive, forgiving, and unconditional.

There is a well-known piece of advice for those with deprecating self-talk to instead speak to themselves as they would to a friend in need. Another suggestion is to think of self-deprecating thoughts as coming from a younger version of yourself that couldn’t critically examine the toxic messages fed to you growing up, and instead accepted and internalized them. You can correct these harmful ideas and re-inform your younger self through compassionate self-talk.

Or, imagine that a child you love says something negative about themself. You’d interject! The best response would be to have a conversation to help them assess the rationality of their comment. This should also be the case with ourselves. Over time, compassionate self-talk can help you address doubts, self-deprecating thoughts, and strong feelings with tenderness and reason.
Tips and Resources
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BTW: Bridge to Wellness, Brandeis University
Summer Sun Safety
Sun's out, shades out! The sun's ultraviolet (UV) rays can damage your skin in as little as 15 minutes of exposure, and all skin types are susceptible. You can reduce your risk of skin damage and skin cancer by seeking shade, wearing sunglasses, and applying a broad spectrum sunscreen with SPF 15 or higher.
BTW: Bridge to Wellness
Meet BTW: Bridge to Wellness, Brandeis' new peer health education team. BTW Peer Educators lead workshops and host events addressing safe alcohol and other drug use, stress management, nutrition, fitness, sleep, body image, and more!

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