How to be kinder to yourself
UNC-Chapel Hill researcher Karen Bluth studies self-compassion and the role it plays in supporting mental health, particularly in teens. Here she offers a few tools for practicing self-compassion.
New year, new goals
Happy New Year, Tar Heels!
With a new year comes new goals and new resolutions, and Carolina’s experts are here to help you start 2021 off right.
Whether you’re looking to reduce your stress or fit a little more exercise into your day, our faculty and staff members have the expertise to help guide you to success this year.
Tips from the Experts
How to begin expanding your savings account
Saving money can be stressful. But UNC Kenan-Flager Business School professor of finance Chip Snively is here to help you make strides toward your savings goals in 2023.
How to accomplish almost any goal
Paschal Sheeran’s research has found that we successfully achieve our goals only half the time. Here he shares three steps to go from dreaming to doing.
How to practice mindfulness
Looking to reduce stress isn’t always as simple as just finding ways to remove your stressors. You can’t just get rid of an assignment or wish an issue out of existence. Kessonga Giscombé from the UNC School of Medicine provides tips to increase our stress resiliency and shared advice for practicing mindfulness to tackle our stress in 2023.
How to incorporate balanced eating habits into your new year
Kate Sayre from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health shares tips for how to approach healthy and balanced eating in the new year.
How to break a bad habit
The start of the new year is a great time to pick up a new habit that'll help you reach your goals. It's also a chance to leave a bad habit behind. Both are equally hard, but Carolina social psychologist Steven Buzinski explains how you can do it.
Supporting our Tar Heels
If your goal for 2021 is to succeed in the classroom, Carolina has you covered for that, too.
We want all Tar Heels to succeed and grow, both in academic classes and outside of them. The University has various support services to help make that happen for all students.
The Writing Center
The Writing Center works with students, faculty and staff on any writing project at any point in the writing process, helping them to become more skillful, flexible writers. All the center's services are available and accessible virtually.
University Libraries
While the ways students can use the libraries are different right now, the staff is still available to help students achieve their academic goals. Students can also find books, journals and videos online through the University Libraries’ website.
The Learning Center
Open to all students, Carolina's Learning Center helps Tar Heels improve their academic skills, get better at managing time, and understand their strengths and weakness. The center is offering virtual services this semester.
Academic Advising
The College of Arts & Sciences' Academic Advising Program creates a supportive environment to partner with undergraduates as they explore personal goals, develop educational plans and thrive at Carolina. Advisors are available for all first-year students and sophomores, as well as juniors and seniors in the College.
A healthy new year
Student Wellness
Student Wellness works to enhance the individual and collective health of our campus through a wide range of programs, services and resources.
Counseling and Psychological Services
Carolina's Counseling and Psychological Services is strongly committed to addressing the mental health needs of the student body through timely access to consultation and connection to clinically appropriate services.
Campus Health
Campus Health provides a full spectrum of expert, patient-centered and inclusive ambulatory primary medical care for students, including a full-service radiology, physical therapy and pharmacy service.
Caring for your mental health by monitoring stressors
Understanding the daily stress continuum and tracking where you fall on the continuum is crucial to caring for your mental health. Healthy Heels provides some coping ideas for those days when your stress level climbs the scale.