Health and Wellness Education

Green Dot @ Midd will provide journals, stickers, and other decorative materials along with New-Years-resolution-style writing prompts. Prompts will guide participants to explore their goals for growth and for building safe, supportive, and connected community in 2024.

This is a wellness workshop that focuses on the neurobiology of simple pleasures. We will work on resilience to daily stress, but there will be a lighter side as we map our autonomic nervous system responses to music, pictures of kittens, and other experiences.

In this session, we will practice simple eye movements that result in reduced eye tension as well as mental tension, resulting in an increased sense of rejuvenation and focus.

Yoga Nidra also known as “sleep yoga” is a practice that allows deep relaxation to support focus of the mind and rejuvenation of the physical body. Bring a blanket, a favorite pillow and yoga mat.

Get ready to nerd out on the autonomic nervous system and the neurobiology of simple pleasures. We will focus on resilience to daily stress, anxiety, depression and relationship challenges, but there will be a lighter side as we map our autonomic responses to music, pictures of kittens, and other moments in life.

Get ready to nerd out on the autonomic nervous system and the neurobiology of simple pleasures. We will focus on resilience to daily stress, anxiety, depression and relationship challenges, but there will be a lighter side as we map our autonomic responses to music, pictures of kittens, and other moments in life.

Stop by to write a letter to loved ones based on some prompts that help you to express care, gratitude and connection. Sharing our thoughts about important relationships in our lives - romantic, familial or friendship based — strengthen relationships and improve mental health. Hot cider and cookies will also be served!

Wear Purple Day is an easy way for organizations, offices, classes, and individuals to get involved in Dating and Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Join us in wearing purple clothing to raise awareness and show support for those who have experienced relationship violence.

In the event of severe weather, this tabling event will be moved to the Davis Library Vestibule. 

Meet author Caralena Peterson to discuss her book, The Effortless Perfection Myth: Debunking the Myth and Revealing the Path to Empowerment for Today’s College Women.

Books will be provided for the first 20 guests who arrive at the event.

Caralena Peterson is an expert on “effortless perfection” and the mental health crisis it has helped to create on college campuses across the United States, especially amongst women. She earned her B.A. in Women’s Studies and Public Policy at Duke University and her M.A. at the Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English.

 

Join Mental Health Peer Educators for a social connection and belonging building event. Participants will be sorted into groups to answer fun and dynamic questions designed to help you get to know others! Come alone or bring a friend. Snacks, door prizes and free hot drinks!