Wellbeing Webinars
Wellbeing Webinars take place on Class Collaborate on either Monday or Wednesday during term time (12-1pm).
The sessions have been designed for you to share your ideas anonymously via the keyboard, if you wish. You can choose to enter only your initials when you join the webinar and this will be all that is visible to other participants.
Sign-up for Wellbeing Webinars opens a week in advance of each session and you can book a place via the Student Counselling and Wellbeing Hub.
The webinars will not be recorded and participants do not connect with their own video or audio during the sessions.
Please see below for the Term 3 2023/24 programme.
Tackling Procrastination
Wednesday 8th May 2024 – 12-1pm Book a place
Monday 3rd June 2024 – 12-1pm Book a place
Do you struggle to get started with important study tasks? Is your leisure time spoiled by a nagging sense of guilt? This webinar explores why and how we procrastinate, including the use of social media. There will be an opportunity to identify personalised strategies to challenge procrastination in yourself and find techniques to help you to work in a more balanced and productive way.
Does the Pomodoro technique work for your productivity?
ABC of Managing Anxiety
Monday 13th May 2024 – 12-1pm Book a place
Perfectionism can cause problematic levels of stress, hindering progress, success and wellbeing. This webinar explores alternatives to perfectionist thinking and considers how developing a ‘good enough’ perspective can Anxiety is the body’s way of responding to being in danger. It works so well that it often kicks in when it’s not needed – when the danger is in our mind rather than in reality. This webinar aims to help you take back control by understanding the nature of anxiety and developing strategies to manage it.
Small Changes for Success
Monday 20th May 2024 – 12-1pm Book a place
In this webinar, we explore how making small changes can improve our motivation and help us to work more successfully towards our wellbeing and academic goals. We will consider how making small adjustments to our mindset, environment, routines and systems can help us to put desired change into action.
James Clear atomic habits video clip
Atomic Habits: James Clear (2018) Random House Business: ISBN 978-1473537804.
Perfect or Good Enough?
Wednesday 22nd May 2024 – 12-1pm Book a place
Perfectionism can cause problematic levels of stress, hindering progress, success and wellbeing. This webinar explores alternatives to perfectionist thinking and considers how developing a ‘good enough’ perspective can help you work in a healthier and more effective way towards your goals.
15 ways to build a growth mindset
Self-compassion
Monday 10th June 2024 – 12-1pm Book a place
Did you know that self-compassion is a skill which can be learned and practiced? We'll be exploring the benefits of motivating yourself using self-compassion rather than self-criticism. We'll be sharing practical tips and exercises designed to help you to find ways to support and encourage yourself from a place of kindness and understanding.
The Power of Vulnerability TED talk