There are some moments in life where you may feel stressed, anxious or depressed, and those feelings might escalate at the end of term when your assessments are due.
As a part of Mental Health Month, our Counselling and Wellbeing Team have come up with some strategies that may help you cope during this time and beyond.
Keep reading to gain some great tips to succeed in your studies…
Continue reading Tips for Study Success“We do not remember days, we remember moments” – Cesare Pavese
It’s that time of term again. Assignments are piling up, due dates are right around the corner, and there may be moments where you doubt your ability to make it through the term.
You may feel that keeping your head above water is all you can do, so when ‘seeking happiness’ is mentioned you might roll your eyes and think ‘as if I have time right now?! I need to have my head in books, not in the clouds if I want to pass’.
What if I say you’re wrong? You do have time.
And that this ‘happiness quest’ will likely improve your grades, heck even your whole life.
Continue reading Find and Seek: Tiny MomentsAs COVID-19 continues to impact our work, social and home lives, it is important to check in with one another.
We asked Melbourne staff member, Judy Morgan, the question, ‘R U Ok?’
Judy shared her response and explained her experience with COVID-19 and the challenges she has faced in 2020.
Continue reading Answering the question R U Ok?R U Ok? Day has become a national call to action to empower people to connect in supportive ways. This year it’s happening on Thursday, 10 September.
As a part of R U Ok? Day, we are asking you “How Do You Say Are you okay?” and how do you reply when asked that question? We want to share the ‘real ways people ask if others are okay’. We recognise the complexity and sensitivity of mental health and that it’s often not a simple ‘are you okay?’ with a yes or no response.
We are compiling a video that will share student voices. Keep reading to find out more!
Continue reading Be part of our R U Ok? Day videoThis first half of 2020 has been a time of uncertainty and change with the Australian bushfires earlier this year followed by the COVID-19 pandemic. People across our country and the world have been significantly impacted. Dealing with uncertain times and lots of change is not easy and can lead to feelings of stress, anxiety and helplessness. Many of us have experienced study, employment, financial, relationship, physical and mental health challenges this year that we didn’t expect we’d have to face.
As humans we long for security. We need to feel safe and have a sense of control over our lives and well-being. Fear and uncertainty can leave us stressed, anxious, and powerless over what direction to take and how to help ourselves and others.
We are mindful that there have been lots of changes at CQUni. Students have transitioned to online study which has changed how we connect as a community and an organisation. For a lot of you it’s been a time of isolation. Keep reading for some expert advice…
Continue reading Staying connected and coping well during this time of changeWith the transition to online learning in Term 1, 2 and 3 2020 as a result of COVID-19, there may have been changes to your end of term assessments. We understand that these changes can be unsettling.
If your teaching team has tasked you with an online quiz, you may be feeling anxious. Being prepared and having a plan for how you will cope with your assessments will help manage those feelings. It will also give you a better chance of success with your studies.
Keep reading for advice from our Student Counselling team…
Continue reading Advice for Online Quizzes
At CQUniversity, we know that an exceptional online experience extends to life outside of lectures. As we all do our part to flatten the COVID-19 curve, free virtual drop-ins, catch-ups, and workshops are being held each day.
The Student Counselling team is hosting drop-in sessions, workshops, and a webinar for Uni Mental Health Day. Keep reading to find out more…
Continue reading Student Counselling Ask Us drop-ins, UMHD webinar and Stay Well workshopsReframing our mindset provides us with an opportunity to think differently about the people around us, our relationships and situations to discover a new perspective. Reframing has been described as someone looking through a camera lens. As we look at the picture through the lens we can move closer or further away from the picture. Depending on the operator of the camera when looking at a view, a picture can sometimes be blurred or clear. Essentially the idea behind reframing our mindset is that a person’s perspective depends on the frame it is viewed in. When the frame is moved, the perspective changes and their thinking and behaviour often will change too.
We can not control what is happening around us, but we can control the way that we respond, react and relate to others. Keep reading to find out more…
Continue reading Shifting your focus - Reframing your mindsetWhile there is so much change and turmoil in the world it is important to take time to pause, breathe and stay in the present.
You may have heard people talk about being mindful or meditating – but what’s that all about? Keep reading to find out.
Continue reading Being Mindful – What’s that all about?For most of us, this idea of social distancing feels strange. The adjustment to our “new normal” is challenging and pretty exhausting. Humans are hard-wired to connect with others – and usually, that’s exactly what we do. We eat together, play together, work together, socialise together, talk together… and now how we do that looks different.
Anyone else feeling lonely, bored, fatigued, stressed, frustrated or sad, that we can’t see people the way we usually do? Or maybe you feel some relief and contentment at having more time at home?
Staying connected whilst social distancing is our reality for the moment and I imagine is on most of our minds. There are some pretty clever ways we can do stay together despite the distance. Keep reading to find out…
Continue reading Staying Socially Connected During Isolation