Recently, I created my own digital journal template which has revolutionized my life. I’ve spent way too much money on planners, blank journals and bullet journals that were all supposed to help me collect my thoughts and be a better me. None of them worked. I found myself never using…
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Balancing your life: Tips and tricks
Do you ever feel like a walking zombie in your day-to-day life? Are you constrained by obligations for school, work and other people? Taking back control of your life can seem impossible to achieve when you are constantly on the go and committing your time to everyone except yourself. As…
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Improving mental health at Jewell
College is a time of self-discovery. Living on your own and becoming independent in the blink of an eye can be taxing on anyone. For young adults with complex hormones and demanding workloads, it can be even more challenging. As the semester reaches a point of high stress and activities…
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Is TikTok a danger to mental health?
If you’re a Gen Z or millennial, you’ve probably spent a couple of hours wasting time scrolling through the viral app, TikTok. Tiktok is a social media platform where you can upload videos up to a minute long to a worldwide audience and then receive followers, comments, likes and shares…
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OCD isn’t about organizing, and you probably don’t have it
Lots of people feel bothered when they see something misaligned or disorganized, but society has wrongly colloquialized the term Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – OCD – distorting the reality of a serious mental health issue to talk about normal behavior. When portrayed in the media, people with OCD appear at the…
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College students particularly at risk for eating disorders
It is often said that a person’s college years are some of the best in their life, but the added freedoms and stresses can contribute to the development of harmful behaviors among students who may already feel overwhelmed. For an estimated 10 to 20 percent of women and four to…
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Opinion: Missouri is the worst state in America for mental health care. Here’s how to fix it
When it comes to mental health care in the U.S., Missouri is the worst. According to the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), an organization that determines health professional shortage areas (HPSA) in all 50 states and U.S. territories, the Show Me state was the worst at covering its populations’…
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Featured Club: Students for Mental Health
A nascent student group at William Jewell College is aiming to spread awareness about mental health on campus. This organization, called Students for Mental Health (SMH), has an executive board comprised of Cara Ellman, senior music performance major, as president; Jonathan Daniel, senior Oxbridge: Music and philosophy major, as vice…
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Health Column: The stigma surrounding mental illness
We have all felt it one way or another. Life seems to throw every challenge and obstacle in our way, and some days we may feel like we’re drowning under the weight of the world. We may distance ourselves from others in attempt to avoid questions like “what’s wrong, shake…
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