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Post-secondary education is meant to be one of the most exciting experiences of your life. For many, this marks your transition into adulthood and the beginning of your careers. It also means a new level of independence, whether from managing your own academic path or living away from home for the first time. Of course, these all represent big changes – and big pressure, too.

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If you’ve ever felt like an overwhelming sense of stress over the prospect of social interaction, or watched others effortlessly make friends while you struggled with introductions, you aren’t alone – far from it.

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Whether it’s an upcoming college lecture, next semester’s high school Zoom classes, or any other kind of learning, knowing how to pay attention in class feels like the one thing they don’t teach you in school (you know what a mitochondrion is though, right?). There are a lot of reasons you may be having trouble with finding your focus inside the classroom, be it in-person or virtually.

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Working from home is a lot more common than the average person may think. Working professionals from all arenas have found themselves embracing a new mindset in order to successfully manage their education and careers from afar. The transition to conducting more business through Microsoft, Google, Skype, and Zoom virtual meetings sounds like an amazing opportunity, a lot of people struggle with it.

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Often it’s restlessness that keeps us up far past our bedtimes, not knowing how to calm anxiety before bed. If you’ve ever been lying awake in the dark, frustrated, angry, and horribly on edge, you’re in good company – but what can you do about it?

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For a great many people, this week – the last week in November – is, bar none, the worst week of the year. Colloquially called “hell week” or "dead week" in many post-secondary schools

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How is it November already?" "Christmas is basically tomorrow!" If you aren’t yet in the right mindset for the holidays, then you might be in for a stressful six weeks. Christmas, Hanukkah, Thanksgiving, and the New Year are generally times of cheer and family and goodwill but unfortunately,

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