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Mindful Eating

If you’re like most grad students, there is a good chance you’re eating on the fly.  Perhaps you’re doing something else while you are eating.  Or, perhaps you skipped your last meal to meet a deadline or fulfill an obligation. How you eat is one important piece of your wellness journey and helps to lay a strong foundation to do your best as a grad student.  Meg Burnham, NIU Nutrition Education Coordinator, shares strategies for you to consider and the opportunity to participate in the Intuitive Eating program.

Why and How to Add Skills When Job Searching

In today’s job market, skills are the new job genome. That's why you need to think about your job search in terms of skills. This episode focuses on how to add skills to your cover letter, resume, LinkedIn profile, and when interviewing. 

Holiday Stress with Families and Setting Healthy Boundaries

The holidays are a time that we get to gather with those closest to us.  It’s a time for celebration, traditions, and relaxing. But, it can also be a time of drudging up the past, fights about politics, guilt-ridden conversations, judgement of your choices and feelings of loneliness.  Angela Kaminski shares how you can set expectations and set boundaries. 

Recharging Over Break

It’s finally here, the end of another long semester and now you can finally relax!  No research, no last minute writing drafts of your papers, and no studying for exams.  After a week or two, you may find yourself feeling out of sorts and even feeling depressed or anxious.  So what’s going on….

Angela Kaminski shares insights on the feelings you may have and how to recharge over break.

Well-Being Wednesday: Time Management Technique

This 5-minute podcast provides practical information about time management. Audra Jensen, Department of Psychology, describes how you can begin using the Pomodoro Technique today. This podcast series is sponsored by NIU's  Graduate School.  A new topic is dropped on Wednesdays. 

How to Write a Cover Letter

Of all of the application materials that individuals prepare to job search, cover letters are the least understood. Did you know that more than 80% of hiring managers see cover letters as crucial when assessing applicants?  This podcast explains how to format your cover letter, the six parts to include, strategies for showing "fit" with the job posting, and optimizing your content to gain favor with Applicant Tracking Systems.  Don't miss this pithy but practical podcast. 

Well-Being Wednesday: Self-Care

This 5-minute podcast provides practical information about self-care. This podcast series is collaboratively sponsored by NIU's Counseling & Consultation Services as well as the Graduate School.  A new topic is dropped on Wednesdays. 

Well-Being Wednesday: Perfectionism

This 5-minute podcast provides practical information to help you better understand perfectionism. This podcast series is collaboratively sponsored by NIU's Counseling & Consultation Services as well as the Graduate School.  A new topic is dropped every Wednesday. 

Well-Being Wednesday: Physical Activity

This 5-minute podcast provides practical insight about physical activity. This podcast series is collaboratively sponsored by NIU's Counseling & Consultation Services as well as the Graduate School.  A new topic is dropped every Wednesday. 

Well-Being Wednesdays: Procrastination

This 5-minute podcast provides practical information to help you better understand procrastination and strategies to use when it happens. This podcast series is collaboratively sponsored by NIU's Counseling & Consultation Services as well as the Graduate School.  A new topic is dropped every Wednesday.