Virtual Mental Health Speaker – Riding the Waves of Mental Health: Learning How to Mentally Surf with Resilience

  • Ever feel like the waves of life are beating you down?
  • One minute you are riding high and the next you are crashing?
  • Another exam, another complicated relationship, another panic attack—do you ever feel like you can’t come up for air?

National speaker, Dr. Lauren Cook, will teach YOU how to balance your wellbeing, and provide resources for self-care and mental wellness. 

The campus community is invited to join us (virtually) for an engaging and educational conversation about mental health, hosted in Zoom on Wednesday, October 6, at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Lauren Cook will show students how to tap into your resiliency and come back stronger after riding a wave of uncertainty and stress.

To receive the Zoom link, please reserve your virtual seat by Tuesday, October 5 at 5:00 p.m.   

Dr. Cook will show students how to incorporate wellness principles so that you’re building the metaphorical best surfboard to ride on and how to develop a self-care plan.

This presentation will discuss anxiety, depression, grief, and resiliency.   

Questions regarding this program may be directed to Brittany Ferguson-Mike at bpf9@uakron.edu or Alison Doehring at aer15@uakron.edu.  This program is sponsored by federal funding from the Coronavirus Relief Fund for Ohio Higher Ed Mental Health Support.

Akron Law Wellness & Wellbeing Initiative Weekly Session

Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation

Wednesday and Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. in Room 325

Please join us next week for an introduction to the practice of mindfulness mediation. Research has shown this practice to be a very powerful tool for increasing mental focus, calm, emotional regulation, and stress-reduction. Faculty member Mike Gentithes will lead an introduction to mindfulness meditation practices that can benefit everyone, whether beginning meditators or more advanced practitioners. All are welcome.