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Actionable Advice for Coping with Social Pressure
BY JOLIN TANG | FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Social pressures can arise from a variety of sources, such as peer comparisons, social media messages, and interpersonal relationships. A study by Gable (2018) found that when respondents recalled a happy event in a week, more than 50% came from social life. Supportive relationships with family and friends can foster love, trust, and encouragement in everyday life…read more
Sharing Tips about Navigating Academic Pressure
BY JOLIN TANG | FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Academic pressure is one of the most common types of pressure among university students. With academic tasks piling up, such as quizzes, finals, group projects, capstones, practicum, and fieldwork, the transition from face-to-face learning to online learning during the pandemic added an extra layer of stress. Many students often reported feeling overwhelmed, irritable, and unmotivated…read more
Fully Present: Seize a Moment in University
BY JOLIN TANG | FEBRUARY 1, 2023
With its roots in Buddhist meditation, mindfulness entails a moment-to-moment reflection, described as “a presence of heart” by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn. Mindfulness can be characterized by the Chinese character 念 as calligraphy for mindfulness, which composes the ideogram for presence (at the top) over the character of the heart (at the bottom)…read more