Hi everyone! We’re doubling up the posts on the blog this #WellnessWednesday! I wanted to address a topic that many young people, and in particular young men, struggle with at times: to feel our unpleasant feelings. It makes sense to want to avoid sadness, bitterness, anger, and jealousy. These cause pain. Festering negative emotions for too long is unhealthy. However, negative emotions are important to feel. Pushing away your feelings by ignoring them or using other means to

Hey it's Mya! When it comes to spiritual wellness, people tend to be all across the board, varying in beliefs, practices, and saliency. When you think of spiritual wellness, what do you think of? How does it pertain to your life and personal experiences? Maybe you’re someone whose faith is so salient to you that it’s a defining element of your identity. You read scripture every morning, go to worship weekly, and participate in religious clubs and organizations. Maybe your fai

Hello, everyone! It’s Linnea! Have you ever considered what it means to be intellectually well? My first thought on intellectual wellness was that it sounded pretty boring. When I hear the word intellectual, I immediately think of school, classes, and other things related to education. But intellectual wellness is not necessarily limited to learning in an academic sense but can include many other types of knowledge, such as cultural, artistic, and linguistic. Intellectual wel