Improv comedy is a powerful tool for personal growth, connection, and mental health, allowing people to challenge comfort zones, build community, and experience joy through shared creativity.
Tag: Mental health
Posted inOpinion
Let yourself spend ‘lizard time’ in the sun to feel rejuvenated
More students should take advantage of the sunny weather. Even if you’re too busy to be in the sun for hours or lying out in the sun to tan or playing spikeball doesn’t sound appealing to you, I want to remind you: being in the sun for even a short time can make you feel photosynthesized and rejuvenated.
Posted inFeatures
JunkGirls finds beauty in the broken
This is a cross-published piece with KCPR, more information can be found here. Jenny Kompolt and her partner Melissa James left the corporate world of steady paychecks and health insurance to pursue their passions in 2009. The two created JunkGirls, a brand built on creativity, art therapy and sustainability. Kompolt’s idea for JunkGirls came from […]
Posted inOpinion
The Hoof: Finding resolutions we can actually keep
With each passing year, our resolutions seemingly become more and more ambitious, but subsequently harder and harder to achieve. By now, most Americans have already given up on their serious resolutions. This begs the question: have we had it wrong all this time? Perhaps we can benefit from approaching these goals with a different mindset?
Posted inOpinion
The Loneliness Epidemic: what it is and how we can help cure it
Loneliness is connected to a greater risk of cardiovascular disease, dementia, stroke, depression, anxiety, and premature death. The loneliness epidemic is already causing and will continue to cause health and social issues. But to change it, we need to change the social fabric of our country: an intimidatingly enormous task.
Posted inThe Hill
University responds to alleged RA break-in with increased patrols, new hires
Architecture engineering sophomore Cambria Gray was seven days out from move-in when she first received the email about a reported break-in at a Poly Canyon Village apartment. In a week, Gray would move 845 miles to live in PCV. She felt afraid. For incoming and returning resident advisors, it was their fifth day of training […]
Posted inSports
Mind over matter: How Cal Poly Wrestling’s mental performance coach sets them up for success
As Cal Poly wrestling was neck and neck in their match against Oregon State earlier this season, heavyweight Trevor Tinker was pacing back and forth behind the Mustang bench, anxiously waiting for his match.
Posted inNews
College of Engineering addresses mental health in students
Based on research carried out by CENG faculty, engineering students are less likely to ask for help during times of need. This is why Harding and other faculty have taken it upon themselves to encourage mental wellness.
Posted inOpinion
Opinion: Journals of a part-time student
Eden-Rose Baker is a journalism junior and a Mustang News opinion columnist. This article does not reflect the views of Mustang News. Last quarter, everything made me anxious. It got to the point where I was afraid to come back to school because I was afraid of everything around me. So, I’m only in five […]
Posted inWatch
MN Now: February 10, 2023
Mustang News reporter Avery Elowitt brings you the top stories from this week…
Posted inNews
Campus Health and Wellbeing Counseling Services launches February Mental Health Fridays
50-minute seminars covering various mental health topics will be held via zoom each Friday of this month courtesy of Campus Health and Wellbeing’s (CH&W) Counseling Services. Any member of the Cal Poly Community can attend anonymously. Counseling Services outreach coordinator Sarah Colwell said the Zoom events are designed to be available, approachable and obstacle-free. “One […]