Embracing our differences and appreciating our bodies is the best thing since sliced bread. Bodies are MEANT to be different shapes and sizes.
Fat shaming or skinny shaming, whether it’s coming from others, or yourself, gets in your head and leads to poor self-confidence, body image issues, and disordered eating.
Struggling with accepting your body? Or do you ever catch yourself secretly judging someone else for their… Read more
Did you know that we spend an average of 2 hours and 22 minutes daily on social media? Yikes!
We all love to spend time browsing through memes and dog videos…and then there are all the nutrition and fitness tips. Sigh.
Some Instagrammers are great (like our very own UCAN page on Instagram), and others, well not-so-much. Many accounts you follow may be feeding you false information and a whole lot of false hope as… Read more
How many times have you gone to bed at night and you go to check Instagram and before you know it, two hours have passed? Or maybe you go to watch one video on YouTube and that turns into five. We all love to sleep but getting to bed can be difficult.
Sleep is especially important for students and good sleep can help you feel energized… Read more
Are you tired of doing the same thing day in and day out? Maybe how you normally de-stress at the end of the day isn’t working anymore.
Physical activity and other hobbies can help you de-stress.
Here’s how it works:
As a kid, did you ever play the game Barrel of Monkeys? If you did, then you might remember how difficult it was to keep the monkeys all connected. Especially if the grip each monkey had on one another was not as secure as it could be. Now, think of all those monkeys as aspects of your wellness in the mind-body connection.
Wellness consists of emotional, physical, social, spiritual, intellectual and environmental health. Each of these… Read more
Start this one off with an open mind. How often have you found yourself looking in the mirror, disappointed with what you see, wishing you could be “better”? You are not alone. In fact, almost everyone on this planet has had body issues at some point in time in their lives.
I am here to tell you that IT IS OKAY. Life is full of ups and downs… Read more