Tools to Enhance Well-Being and Learning

1. Tools to Enhance
Well-Being and
Learning
PART THREE

2. Managing Stress
by Joselyn Treyes
Page
165-
172

3. The Stress
Cycle
Student’s cause a poorly
performance at school
Performing poorly
causes he or she
more stress
Ends up doing it
even worse
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Remember ,some stress is
good . This is the stress that
will drive you to get out of
the bed early in the morning
to finish your (statistic)
assignment.

4. Get enough exercise, sleep, and a good
nutrition
Your physical habits will greatly
affect your academics.
Commonly, those who exercised
regularly and slept reasonably well
usually performed better
academically
He don’t believe that good grades
are the result of exercise, but what
he can say confidently is that healthy
physical habits are powerful
weapons for defeating stress.
If stress is the enemy of academic success and
exercise suppresses stress then logic dictates that
healthy physical habits do in fact make you a better
student.
Advice: Schedule your workouts and set your nutritional and sleep goals and
make note of how you feel. If you find yourself canceling workouts because
you “don’t have time,” Use that as a warning.

5. Spirituality as a Source
of Stress Relief
Spirituality is personal
defined
The source of spirituality
does not matter too much.
What does matter is that the
students, who felt a spiritual
calling, reported that they
found peace , balance, and
stress relief.

6. Find a Mentor!
In college a student mentor is someone who
is simply further along in school than you.
They can provide real time guidance on
issues that advisors might fall short on.
Questions like “How is that professor?” or
“Do you recommend me that course?”
It is really important to seek guidance from
someone who is still in school. It’s also relief
to hear those mentor say, “I was just there
and you will do fine.”

7. Don’t be a student
!
The author include this
section to highlight that
nowhere in his strategic
advice does he advocate
becoming a hermit.
Partying does NOT get
students into trouble in
college; excessive partying
does .
HAVE FUN.

8. Join a “Team”
There are few areas in life that we go
at alone. Unfortunately your GPA is
one of them.
The college environment can be self-
centered, but becoming part of a
group effort in college has a way of
reminding students that working
toward a goal with others has
purpose, it’s part of the bigger life
picture, and it provides perspective of
our own lives and challenges

9. Just remember to
schedule your
hours!
Thanks :)

10. “This chapter is designed simply to
make aware of the role of stress plays in
your academic life. Stress is truly the
enemy of a high GPA. You cannot
alleviate all stress, but you can manage
negatives stress while embracing
positive stress.”
– David Cass
Summary