{"id":4531,"date":"2019-10-03T16:09:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T16:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/got-health-happiness-week-three\/"},"modified":"2019-10-25T13:29:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T13:29:50","slug":"got-health-happiness-week-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/blog\/got-health-happiness-week-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Got Health & Happiness: Week Three!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Health and Wellness Services is sponsoring a new co-curricular experience called \u201cGot Health and Happiness\u201d. This program is a 4-week journey to embracing your wellness!\u00a0 It\u2019s a self-guided program designed to help enhance your overall health!<\/p>\n

Who doesn\u2019t love improving their lives to promote their health and well-being for free!?<\/em><\/p>\n

A few highlights from week three:<\/p>\n

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Give yourself a break!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

We are in Week 6 for classes, and it feels like everything is happening all at once. This activity was really helpful to remind me that regular breaks and engaging in self-care is so important. Longer periods of rest are important too. I noticed with my crazy schedule this past month, I was finding that I had less energy and I was overall less productive. This exercise challenged me to manage my energy, rather than my time. Practicing energy management was great and I found I felt less drained at the end of the day.<\/p>\n

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Genuine connections with others improves your well being<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Last weekend, I drove up to the Twin Cities with my best friend and I thought this was a perfect opportunity to try out this exercise. Frequently, I find that I am not fully present in conversations and it turns into a back and forth of our different experiences. I decided to just listen, and try to understand my best friends experience and validate their emotions by fully immersing myself in the conversation. By being fully present, I felt more connected to my best friend and happier in the end.<\/p>\n

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Self-comforting touch promotes physical health<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Hugs make you feel better, massages make you feel better, but also playing with pets reduces anxiety! I have two of the sweetest cats, and I decided to take time out of my day to spend time with them. It was the best decision ever. Before bed, I would sit on my couch and play with my cats. It was a great choice to do this and it is something I am 100% going to continue to do each day! Even if it was for 5 minutes, I felt better about myself at the end of the day to spend time with my cats.<\/p>\n

Even just some small, manageable changes can make a world of a difference! Check out my blogs from the first<\/a> and second<\/a> week!<\/p>\n

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Just a reminder, you do get credit for this! For more information follow us on Facebook<\/a> and sign up today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Health and Wellness Services is sponsoring a new co-curricular experience called \u201cGot Health and Happiness\u201d. This program is a 4-week journey to embracing your wellness!\u00a0 It\u2019s a self-guided program designed to help enhance your overall health! Who doesn\u2019t love improving their lives to promote their health and well-being for free!? A few highlights from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":223,"featured_media":4532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[715,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellness","category-wellness-blog"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/10\/33312273871_bb32ae05fd_k-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7PQJv-1b5","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/223"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4531"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4599,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4531\/revisions\/4599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}