Emotional wellness is accepting your worth, recognizing, and expressing your feelings in healthy ways, and coping with life’s challenges. It is a dynamic state that fluctuates frequently with your other dimensions of wellness. Emotional wellbeing is supported by a respectful campus community including students, faculty, staff, and administration.
Strategies to enhance Emotional Wellness:
Take care of self
- Set aside time for yourself
- Be kind to yourself both in the ways you think of/view yourself and in the ways you treat yourself
- Get quality sleep and follow a consistent sleep schedule
- Understand and honor the interconnection of your emotions and your physical body
Use daily practices to be aware of your emotional state and tune into your thoughts and feelings
- Practice mindfulness
- Develop a daily gratitude practice
- Use positive self-talk
- Choose an optimistic outlook
- Keep a journal
Use community to support emotional self
- Build a strong support system of trusted colleagues/peers and family
- Seek and accept help from others, both professionals and peers/family, when needed
- Take advantage of wellness activities on campus
Learn methods to reduce emotional fatigue
- Practice stress management techniques
- Learn time management skills
- Identify personal triggers and practice healthy ways to cope
Resources:
- Mental Health Resources – Student Support
- Basic Needs Resources
- 211 Basic Needs Resources Hub
- HDC Mental Health Counselor on campus every Tuesday
- Campus sensory space in the “Student Union”
- Online Mental Health Screening for FDLTCC Students
- FDLTCC Mental Health First Aid Trainers available on campus
- Sweat Lodge
- EAP (Employee Assistance Program) for employees
- FDL Health Fair
- FDL Cultural Ceremonies
- Ceremonies available each month
- Fond du Lac Human Services
- Human Development Center
- Yellow Leaf Support Center
- 988 Suicide and Crisis Hotline
- Let’s Talk MN
- The Trevor Project: Suicide Prevention for LGBTQ+ Young people
- Cloquet Public Library – Free Yoga Chair Sessions
Campus Activities:
- Counseling
- Courses: Life Management and psychology courses
- Mental Health Week
- Yoga in the Library
- Reiki
- Massages
- TRIO – Time Management Workshops
- Therapy dogs