Library & Learning Commons: Resiliency: Positivity and Self-Care: Additional Materials

The Mental Health Coalition
Working together to end the devastating stigma surrounding today’s most prevalent public health crisis.
Self Care Student Planner
This planner is designed to help you in key areas related to your mental health, providing ideas, encouragement, and prompts to help you grow and manage your stress and anxiety. Don’t forget to create a space and time for yourself after school to reflect on your day and map out some techniques and actions you can take to nurture your mental health and feel better.
Campus Mind Works
The Campus Mind Works website is designed to simplify access to the wide variety of mental health and academic support resources at the University of Michigan, and provide information to help students stay healthy and manage college life.
Self-Care Starter Kit by the University of Buffalo School of Social Work
The resources on these pages are appropriate for both students in training and for professionals already working in the field. There are additional resources that we trust will be helpful no matter where you are on your self-care journey.
101 Resources for Student Mental Health by College Educatiod
Students going to college, especially for the first time, often experience loneliness, confusion and even stress. This is especially true since the pandemic. The good news is that there are many placed and organizations available to offer help and assistance. The college years are meant to be fun and exciting, and with the right resources available, student can make the best of these years despite outside forces around them.

The Missing Ingredient in Self Care | Portia Jackson-Preston | TEDxCrenshaw

What happens if you push yourself too hard? What happens when your body tells you to stop yet, you keep going? Portia shares how self-care brought her back to health and it can help you too. Portia is passionate about promoting a holistic and inclusive approach to self-care that takes into consideration how cultural and social factors as well as experiences of discrimination based on identity markers (e.g. race, class, gender identity, sexual orientation) may trigger one's need for self-care and shape one's willingness--or reluctance---to engage in self-care practices.

TEDx Talks. (2019, November 5). The missing ingredient in self care | Portia Jackson-Preston | TEDxCrenshaw [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/Eupk56SG76M?si=vJQq_cJ801Iw-wSG

Self-Care in College by MGHClayCenter

What is stress like for college students? Tune in! For more on Self-Care for Resilience, visit: https://mghclaycenter.org/self-care

NOTE: These stories cover a range of topics that some viewers may find sensitive in nature, including feelings of depression and suicidal thinking. Please see below for additional resources on these topics.

MGHClayCenter. (2019, September 12). Self-care in college [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/mkSsD0ahEEI?si=xOOSTHWhd-eJOG2m

Your Mental Health in College | How to College | Crash Course

There is a lot of stress and anxiety around college, whether you're fresh out of high school or you've decided to go back to school years later. It can be tough to navigate. But, one of the best ways to navigate keeping yourself focused so you can succeed is by being aware of the pitfalls. This way, you can head into your college experience with open eyes and the knowledge of the places and people you can turn to for help.

CrashCourse. (2022, June 16). Your mental health in college | How to College | Crash Course [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/l_9PchV6PIc?si=nZOBXzD3oAJrUBYA

A Self-Care Action Plan by How to Adult

Self-care can seem like a daunting task when you've already got a lot on your plate, so let's take a little time to reflect on what works best for you, and make an action plan.

How to Adult. (2017, May 3). A self-care action plan [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/w0iVTQS8ftg?si=hu_-65FBygOGMx8d

DAM Good Self Care Packet
The following exercises, strategies, and tools are here for you to evaluate your current self-care strategies, offer options for reframing the way you think about and approach periods of stress (and we know that school, and everything that you’re involved in, and life, can be stressful!), and provide you with a place to plan ahead for those stressful periods, so that when you’re in the thick of it, you have something to turn to for support, ways to navigate, and paths forward.

Oregon State University. (2024). DAM good Self Care Packet. https://success.oregonstate.edu/sites/success.oregonstate.edu/files/LearningCorner/Tools/dgsc_4-page_-_fill_-_20.pdf
Self-Care Toolkit for University Students
Welcome to the Self-Care Toolkit for University Students! This toolkit was created to help students like yourself explore and understand why self-care is important and how you can include it in your life. This toolkit is divided into three sections. The first section provides information on why self-care is important and the various benefits and barriers to self-care. The second section will help you identify your strengths and weaknesses in practicing self-care. The final section addresses how to make a plan for both maintenance and emergency self-care purposes.

Withers, T. (n.d.). Self care toolkit for university students. https://studentexperience.uwo.ca/docs/Self-Care%20Toolkit%20for%20University%20Students.pdf
Self Care and Resiliency Tips for the Incoming College Student
This document provides tips for college students about self-care and increasing resiliency.

MindPeace. (n.d.). Self care and resiliency tips for the incoming college student.https://mindpeacecincinnati.com/wp-content/uploads/Self-Care-Resiliency-for-College-2018-R1-4.10.18.pdf
Cultivate Your Happiness: A ThriveRU Weekly Workbook
A calendar of weekly exercises designed
to help you manage challenges and
cultivate your well-being.

Ryerson University. (n.d.). Cultivate your happiness: A thrivetmu weekly workbook. https://bp-net.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ThriveRU-WorkBook-Fillable.pdf
Moving from Surviving to Thriving: The Positive Psychology Workbook for Challenging Times by Bruce W. Smith, Ph.D.
This workbook is designed to enable everyone to better cope and make the best of a challenging and stressful time.

Smith, B. W. (2020). Moving from surviving to thriving: the positive psychology workbook for challenging times (1st ed.). Kindle Direct Publishing. https://shac.unm.edu/documents/positive-psych-workbook.pdf

Looking for resources about self-care on your campus?

Contact your university's counselling center or student success center!