Having not been on campus since December 2019, I was scared that the campus would feel alien to me when I came back for my senior spring. I was scared that I had forgotten it and it had forgotten me. Yet, as the weeks went on, I realized that in the most fundamental sense, Dartmouth had not changed that much for me. Navigating my way around campus was like revisiting parts of my identity that I thought I had forgotten, but nevertheless were still there. (more…)
MHU’s blog series, Conversations with a Counselor, features the new counselors joining the Counseling Center this year! Throughout the term, MHU officers will be sitting down with the new counselors to discuss everything mental health, from personal anecdotes to tips and advice.
This week, counselor Paris Palmer, MSSW, sat down with Amanda Chen ‘21 to talk about support systems, giving yourself grace, and exploring mental health. At Dartmouth, she provides counseling for undergraduate and graduate students, and has interests in anxiety, depression, multicultural issues, mindfulness, suicide prevention, and substance abuse. (more…)
There has been no avoiding the constant, persistent, “SIX PACK in 14 days challenge!” and similar exercise challenges that have taken YouTube by storm in the past months, nor the hundreds of women who post their amazing results after doing the challenge. At the beginning of quarantine this past March, I thought that this time could be used for improving myself, to look the way I’ve always wanted to look. Discovering workout challenges was the beginning. I watched videos of other girls try workouts and get results after two weeks, and because of that, I got sucked in. The workouts are great, but I got into working out for the wrong reasons. I would work out every day, but by the end of the two weeks, my body would look nothing like the girls who had posted their results. (more…)
It seems that by fall when the new class of freshmen arrive, things will be much closer to normal than they are now and programs will launch more in-person initiatives and events. Nevertheless, I expect Zoom to be something that is still widely used. And as long as Zoom is still around, it may be a barrier for underclassmen to find home in new clubs and organizations, especially when they may be joining a week or two after traditional first meetings. (more…)
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