SELF CARE PROGRAM
Available as 90 - 120 minute Keynote or Full Day Workshop
Perfect for First Year Students, Staff Trainings, Academic Recovery, & mental health awareness programming
According to Penn State’s Center for Collegiate Mental Health (2024):
· 65% of college counseling centers have experienced a decrease in utilization.
· Anxiety and Depression remain the top two mental health concerns for college students.
· Trauma has most notably continued to have the second largest increase among all mental health concerns for students.
This, along with the continual rise in mental health concerns across the U.S., widely publicized deaths of celebrities like Stephen “tWitch” Boss, Chester Bennington, Mac Miller, Anthony Bourdain, and Kate Spade; as well as the prevalence of mass shootings and passion crimes within the US, and on college campuses, one can't help but wonder, “How much pain are we carrying? Are we truly taking care of ourselves? Are we properly tuning into our mental and emotional needs? Do we tend to these needs in healthy ways? Do we even know what the needs are, or where they stem from? Have we made the effort to understand our stories and how they shape who we are, how we see ourselves, and how we see the world around us?" Are we truly and deeply engaged in Self Care?
Drawing from an evidence-based approach, the Self Care Program is a motivational presentation accompanied by music, which highlights the importance of exploring our narratives, taking ownership, and acknowledging our need to heal and achieve mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
This program helps combat isolation, stigma, and encourages the use of professional resources and support by:
1. Stimulating self-reflection
2. Creating a safe space for healing
3. Challenging the stigma of mental health
4. Building a sense of community and support so that students understand they are not alone
5. Providing and encouraging engagement in creative arts and outlets
6. Exploring the layers, which affect and shape our mental and emotional health
7. Sparking conversation surrounding holistic well-being and the importance of self-care
8. Creating awareness of services and resources available
9. Empowering attendees to pursue healthy outlets that will improve and strengthen their mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
***DISCLAIMER***
The Self Care Program in no way, shape, or form is a substitute for professional mental health support; nor does it propose artistic expression as the sole prescription for coping with trauma, mental health, and emotional challenges. If you are in true need of help and support, you are urged to contact a mental health professional, or any of the national support lines listed below. In the event of an emergency or crisis, please dial 911 or contact any of the resources below:
National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255
National Suicide Prevention Text Line: send a text to 988
National Crisis Text line: text “NAMI” to 741-741
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
Success Is A Lifestyle Program
Available as 75-90 minute keynote
Perfect for Graduating Seniors, First Gen Students, First Year Students, Probation Students & Orientation Week
Being a highly successful college student today is no easy task. Less than 40% of them graduate in four years and 30% drop out after their first year. It can be challenging socially, financially, intellectually and emotionally, especially for first generation, low-income college students. Therefore, it’s no surprise that students get lost in the process. The U.S. Census Bureau (2016) reports that only 22% and 15% of Blacks and Latinos (respectively) age 25 and older received a bachelor’s degree or higher in 2015. In addition, the graduation gap between students of color and many of their counterparts is widening. We CAN help prevent this! The key is to make Success a Lifestyle!
This presentation will reveal strategies and principles necessary to create a successful student lifestyle, through storytelling and musical performance. The goal of the Student Success Is A Lifestyle program is to jump-start their success in college, so they get a head start towards building successful careers, and are empowered to achieve the greatest possible results both in school and in life. There will be laughter, music, as well as usable content they can immediately implement to see dramatic results in their academic performance.
Students walk away from this program knowing:
- How to get and stay motivated even when the going gets tough
- The one thing necessary for achievement
- The secret behind improved performance and accomplishing goals
- The most important factor that helps build success
This program includes a personal account of the struggles facing first time college student as well as the possibilities and strategies for overcoming them. Students exposed to this program not only perform well academically, they are motivated to get involved, enthused to create connections, better prepared to face the challenge of college, and more likely to stay in college and graduate.