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News

November 17, 2020

Exercising Safely

If you read Amy Rodquist-Kodet’s post about completing our body’s stress response cycle to fend off burnout, then you’ll find six evidence-based ways Drs. Emily and Amelia Nagoski, authors of “Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle,” identify to complete the stress cycle. In their book, these sisters thoroughly explain how stress cannot leave the body without an outlet.

November 17, 2020

Completing Our Body's Stress Response Cycle

When we face anything the brain perceives as a threat, stress is the body's natural response. Like all biological processes, it has a beginning, a middle, and an end. If we can move all the way through the stress response cycle, we stay healthier. Identical twin sisters Drs. Amelia and Emily Nagoski identify the difference between stress and stressors in their book, "Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle." They write:

November 17, 2020

Understanding Loneliness

In Dr. Vivek Murthy's book, "Together," he writes that "humans are social creatures: in this simple and obvious fact lies both the problem and the solution to the current crisis of loneliness." At the center of our loneliness is our innate desire to connect. We have evolved to participate in community, to forge lasting bonds with others, to help one another and to share life experiences. Simply, we are better together. And yet, in spite of our desire to connect, Dr.

November 16, 2020

Reduced hours and unpaid leave options extended through August 28, 2021

Traditionally, the university offers two voluntary options for staff interested in working fewer hours during winter and summer: reducing their hours or taking unpaid leave. As part of our earlier COVID-19 response, we extended the eligible seasonal periods for reduced hours and unpaid leave to include extended dates in fall 2020 — and now we're including extended dates in spring 2021.