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Stress

Page written and resources collated by Jude Mitchell, Lead Wellbeing Practitioner

Stress affects everyone, for some people it can be a positive and motivating thing but for others it can feel overwhelming and affect the way you think, feel and behave. In turn this can make it hard to do the things that you want and need to do in your daily life.

Ongoing, long-term stress can be linked with poor physical and mental health so it is definitely something worth addressing before it becomes problematic for you.

Wellbeing Group Sessions

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Yoga for Wellbeing

Join one of our weekly 45-minute sessions. These include mindful movement, body awareness, breathing practice and relaxation. No experience needed.

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Meditation for Wellbeing

Take half an hour to destress and refocus, good for both the body and mind. Known to help improve focus and memory, self-awareness, emotional regulation, and better sleep. All welcome, students and staff, no need to book.

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Practical Peer Support Workshops

Six different sessions for building practical skills to help manage time, organisation and study, improve motivation and productivity, utilise support and find social opportunities.

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Stress Bucket

A simple and helpful way to think about and manage all the things you have going on.

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Box Breathing Technique

A simple technique to help you to manage your breathing, and calm your stress levels or anxiety.

Grounding Techniques

Techniques to manage strong emotions, where you may feel overwhelmed, including stress.

Managing Stress

A short video from BBC explaining stress and some top tips to manage it

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Apps

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Headspace

Meditation, mindfulness, relaxation.

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Insight timer

Free app for sleep, anxiety and stress with more than 100k guided meditations led by the best teachers from Great Britain and the world.

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Breathe2Relax

A portable stress management tool which provides detailed information on the effects of stress on the body and instructions and practice exercises to help users learn the stress management skill called diaphragmatic breathing

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Downloadable resources

Living Life to the Full

The most recommended online course for stress anxiety and depression by the Talking Therapies teams and NHS trusts

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Mental Health UK

this page contains a number of useful downloads, including the stress bucket, a wellbeing action plan and information on managing stress in the workplace (which might be particularly useful if you are on placement

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