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By Simone Figueroa, Co-Founder and President, U-Thrive Educational Services   What can’t you change about yourself? When U-Thrive Educational Services asked college students this question the answers ranged from: “the core of who we are, to our height and hair color, to familial predispositions that are ingrained in us from a young age.” While it is true that […]

By Simone Figueroa, Co-Founder and President U-Thrive Educational Services No one will argue that college (and life in general) is going to be stressful. According to a study of nearly 67,000 college students at 100 different campuses across the United States, “three out of every four college students reported at least one stressful life event within

By Simone Figueroa, Co-Founder and President, U-Thrive Educational Services College campuses are dealing with a mental health crisis, and it should come as no surprise that this crisis has only been exacerbated by the pandemic over the last two years. Isolation, quarantines, virtual classes, more time spent on technology, all of these have really taken a toll

The practice of gratitude might be one of the most powerful strategies available to help students overcome the college mental health crisis. While this crisis can feel like an insurmountable issue, it’s important to focus on actionable, proven strategies that students can implement immediately to support college student mental health. Why Is Gratitude So Important? Practicing

By Simone Figueroa, Co-Founder and President, U-Thrive Educational Services   The Negativity Bias is a psychological phenomenon in which humans give more weight to bad experiences than good ones. Evolutionarily, this phenomenon was advantageous and helped keep us alive when there was an imminent physical threat to our existence, such as a tiger rustling in the bushes.