Do something you enjoy each day, even if it's only for 5 minutes. Self-care is crucial to your experience throughout college and preparing for a professional program.
Self-Care Resources:
- Counseling and Mental Health Center (CMHC) guide to Managing Stress
- MindBody Labs – self-paced environments designed to help UT students explore resources for improving their emotional and physical health
- Thrive – app from UT Healthy Horns to help you tackle your toughest and most ambitious goals, explore new ideas, and make difficult decisions
- Calm – app for sleep, meditation and relaxation that includes breathing programs, stretching exercises and relaxing music. Calm is recommended by top psychologists, therapists and mental health experts.
- Insight Timer – app for sleep, anxiety and stress and general mediation and mindfulness
- The Smiling Mind – this app is a unique tool developed by psychologists and educators to help bring balance to your life. We suggest 10 minutes a day.