ADHD in Women and Girls: Finding Our Power
GUEST WRITER: Did you know that ADHD in women and girls is more likely to go undiagnosed than in boys and men? Alexia is a university student at UCL who learned…
[GUIDED MEDITATION] Tapping Away Pandemic Stress
WHAT’S THE ISSUE: The stress of the pandemic has added to already stressful life transitions for students and parents, particularly if they are also transitioning into a new school or…
EFT Research and CBT Research on Exam Stress
WHAT’S THE ISSUE: Research shows that a 10-week stress management intervention can lead to an increase in a teenager’s academic performance by an average of one GCSE grade…per subject! This was…
Bringing EFT Tapping into Schools in Athens
GUEST SPEAKER: Fellow EFT Tapping Practitioner Allison Simpson demonstrates a short icebreaker group EFT meditation for teenagers that teachers can use for bringing EFT Tapping into schools. EFT is an evidence-based stress…
Traumatic Stress, Posttraumatic Stress and PTSD
WHAT’S THE ISSUE: Some people argue that reframing stress to try and get students to believe that stress is a positive thing works. But what if a student’s nervous system is…
Yoga for Stress Relief
GUEST WRITER: Hi! I’m Elli Zisis, Athens-based Yoga Instructor who teaches individuals, groups and corporate professionals the benefits of yoga for stress relief. Stress is caused by numerous factors such…
Social and Emotional Learning: Not Just the Newest “Buzzword”
GUEST WRITERS: You might be wondering, what the heck is “Social Emotional Learning” (S.E.L. for short), and what does it have to do with me? Well, allow us to introduce…
Lynn Roulo: Yoga Breathwork and The Enneagram
WHAT’S THE ISSUE: Enneagram expert and Kundalini Yoga instructor, Lynn Roulo, talks about work and life stress. She explains how learning about the Enneagram Personality System alongside yoga breathwork exercises can help…
Reflexology for Stress Relief
GUEST WRITER: While self-soothing tools like the Emotional Freedom Technique can help us relieve the emotional component of stress, modalities like Reflexology can help us relieve the physical component of stress….
Letting Go of Unhelpful Labels
WHAT’S THE ISSUE: Students label themselves a lot. In this article, I talk about: The unhelpful academic identity labels students put on themselves that affect their ability to enjoy greater academic success…