Health and Wellness Newsletter

Week of Gratitude Challenge

Complete daily challenges from November 17 until Thanksgiving to practice gratitude and win prizes! Each day you will receive an email with a new challenge and a link to submit your progress.

• Sign up and receive a free gratitude journal and pen.
• Complete 5 days to be entered to win a $50 Amazon shopping spree. 
• Complete the 8-day challenge to be entered to win a $100 Amazon shopping spree.

Sign up before November 16

PARC Bystander Training Level 4: Integrating trauma-informed practices

How can we expand our anti-violence work to all facets of our lives? This training builds on the skills for in-the-moment intervention and response discussed in other levels and explores bringing trauma-informed practices to our daily interactions. We focus on the 5 TIPs (trauma-informed practices) and also discuss vicarious trauma and strategies for self-preservation.

NOTE: Level 4 can be our most intense level as it discusses the impacts of trauma on ourselves and others in depth.

Register here

New therapy groups at the Brandeis Counseling Center (BCC)

The following new therapy groups are starting now! 

• Anxiety Symposium
• Depression Symposium
• More Social, Less Anxiety
• Climate Concerns: Eco-Anxiety Group
• LGBTQ+ Support Group
• CBT for First Generation Students
• Student-Athlete Support and Skills Group

All BCC therapy groups are 45-minutes long and are offered either in-person or on Zoom.

Learn more and sign up

Flu vaccine and COVID boosters

Flu clinics will be held at the Brandeis Health Center every Friday from 1pm-5pm ET until February 17, 2022. Please note that the Health Center will be closed on November 25 and December 30 for the holidays. 

Schedule your flu shot on the secure patient portal

Moderna bivalent booster appointments are available at the Health Center Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1pm-5pm ET on the following dates:

• November 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, and 29
• December 1, 6, and 8

Call 781-736-3677 to schedule your booster.

NOTE: You must be 90 days post the COVID-19 infection to receive the vaccine.

BTW Talks: Self care techniques

Members of the Bridge to Wellness (BTW) peer educator team share their favorite self care techniques in the first video of their new series: BTW Talks.

View the video

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Anxious about holiday eating? Here are seven tips to help navigate it

"The holiday season is typically an indulgent time, especially when it comes to food and drink consumption. For people who struggle with body-image issues, food and weight-related health problems, including and especially eating disorders, this time of year can be stressful. We spoke with experts to offer tips that can help you navigate the season and its attendant anxieties: the meals, the parties and the people."

Read more from the New York Times

How to stay positive around negative people

"Under the influence of a negative person, you might even second guess yourself on important decisions, feel sad, uncomfortable or depressed. Worse, you could even take on some of the same negative qualities you resent in a negative counterpart."

Read more from Headspace