{"id":8371,"date":"2026-05-06T10:25:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/?p=8371"},"modified":"2026-05-06T10:57:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:57:55","slug":"summer-term-wellness-and-creating-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/2026\/summer-term-wellness-and-creating-balance\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Term Wellness and Creating Balance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Summer Term Wellness and Creating Balance\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                                    \n\n<p>Summer term courses often move quickly. That can be especially demanding when you\u2019re balancing competing demands such as wellness, part-time employment and volunteer opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve put together some practical wellness tips to support your success during the summer term(s).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"normalize-stress-and-talk-about-it-early\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Normalize Stress\u2014and Talk About It Early<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A fast-paced term can increase anxiety, especially when routines change or when you\u2019re managing disability-related stressors. Feeling overwhelmed does not mean you\u2019re falling behind\u2014it means you\u2019re human. Reaching out early to counselling or our <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/current-students\/pmc-wellness-support\/\">PMC counselling intern<\/a> can help you process stress before it builds up and connect you to the right level of <a href=\"https:\/\/wellness.carleton.ca\/\">wellness support<\/a> for your needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"build-small-consistent-mental-health-check-ins\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Build Small, Consistent Mental Health Check\u2011Ins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You don\u2019t need big lifestyle changes to support your mental health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Try short, regular check-ins such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pausing between classes to reset your nervous system<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reflecting on how your energy or mood is shifting week to week<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scheduling brief moments of rest without guilt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These small practices can reduce emotional exhaustion and help you stay connected to how you\u2019re really doing, especially during an accelerated term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"explore-carletons-mental-health-wellness-supports\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explore Carleton\u2019s Mental Health &amp; Wellness Supports<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether it\u2019s dropping by the Wellness Desk, spending time with the therapy dogs, or taking small walks outside to enjoy the mild spring and summer weather, there are many ways to support your well-being. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can learn more about campus wellness supports on the <a href=\"https:\/\/wellness.carleton.ca\/mental-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mental Health and Wellness website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve put together some practical wellness tips to support your success during the summer term(s). Normalize Stress\u2014and Talk About It Early A fast-paced term can increase anxiety, especially when routines change or when you\u2019re managing disability-related stressors. Feeling overwhelmed does not mean you\u2019re falling behind\u2014it means you\u2019re human. Reaching out early to counselling or our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":279,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[59,75,60,74],"class_list":["post-8371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter","tag-mental-health","tag-resources","tag-services","tag-wellness"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/279"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8371"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8377,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8371\/revisions\/8377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}