01/24/2025
Sharing some resources below in case you find them to be helpful.
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Balancing Life: Ten Tips for Financial Wellness
Friday, January 24, 2025, 10-10:30am
image002.pngIt’s 2025 and we know many of you (like us) have goals and adjustments we want to make --- a re-start if you will! So we have a few sessions lined up to help with some of the most common 2025 goals! We started with our physical health! This week, we tackle another big issue – finances! There's just so much to know and learn with personal finances. Whether budgeting, saving, debt management, bill pay, or other needs, most of us are focused on continuing to improve our finances in some way. It's like our physical health - we have to tend to it regularly. Not to worry! In this session, Karen Poff returns to highlight ten tips for financial wellness. And as always, she will share useful resources for us to take away from the session!
Register here: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KUYyZ853SluDZYMVVK80xg
Missed a session? Know someone who you wish could have heard it? No problem! Recordings and slide decks from a select number of recent sessions are below. You are also encouraged to share invitations and recording links with anyone you feel could benefit!
Balancing Life: Healthy Living Strategies for 2025 and Beyond - Living healthy is a top priority for most of us adults. But how? There is so much information to wade through! In this session, Dr. Kristina Jiles offered small steps and gentle reminders to support our health and wellness journey. The slide deck is here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BEPW_anw-Ix_-KPy8i4dKRhFc_0l1ppN?usp=sharing The recording is here: https://video.vt.edu/media/Balancing+Life%3A+Healthy+Living+Strategies+for+2025+and+Beyond/1_a63ec5f4
At the end of 2024, we hosted a session with some of our 2024 guests and highlighted takeaways. The recording a slide deck are here: https://video.vt.edu/media/Balancing+Life%3A+2024+Wrapped%21+%28Reflections+and+Highlights+from+2024%29/1_h7vum6k7 Slide deck: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eBKZi0VU9hvfTlc0t9JsqFWo2LlJdAl9/view?usp=sharing The full sessions that were discussed in the session are below.
Balancing Life: Taking Charge Over Fear and Anxiety with Alan Rasmussen : Sometimes fear or anxiety can keep you from doing things you want or need to do. They can also affect your health, and impact your ability to eat, sleep, concentrate, enjoy life, leave the house, or go to work or school. In this session, the always informative and encouraging Alan Rasmussen provides strategies to help ourselves and others dealing with fear or anxiety. The recording is here: https://video.vt.edu/media/Balancing+Life%3A+Taking+Charge+Over+Fear+and+Anxiety+2024/1_4mu625we Slide deck is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RiC_8IodMJ8Dx4o1e1NeSNN20K9368dY/view?usp=sharing
Balancing Life: Taking Charge of Your Life: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ktmiFIqC7KIGZNYemIIHy_O0Kf7XepDD/view?usp=drive_link
Balancing Life: Decluttering 101 with Twandra Lomax Brown Tackling clutter can seem overwhelming and sometimes getting started is the hardest part. In this session, Twandra Lomax-Brown shared simple steps we can take to begin to tackle areas of clutter that may be bothering us. No guilt, just ideas!!: https://video.vt.edu/media/Balancing+Life%3A+De-Cluttering+Organizing+101/1_w83w48w1
Balancing Life: Fall Fitness and Well-Being Tips - In this session, the always inspiring Mellissa Breen shares tips and sparks that leave us better informed and more motivated! The recording is here: https://video.vt.edu/media/Balancing+Life%3A+Fall+Fitness+and+Well-Being+Tips/1_y2ihi5rh Slide deck is here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RjkAyAq-Q1yJY8z_nyz1RMLXuYrfgaAY/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107460668686909981249&rtpof=true&sd=true
Balancing Life: Getting Out of Debt – Karen Poff helped us learn how to create a debt repayment plan and start tackling the issue now! The recording is here: https://video.vt.edu/media/Balancing+Life%3A+Getting+Out+of+Debt/1_c5y955lk Slide deck is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sH2ADbF4lvjKn9dwfql34MrPojGu_-1k/view?usp=drive_link
Sessions focusing on mental health and well-being:
Balancing Life: Establishing Workplace Boundaries that Work for You: Setting, and then maintaining, boundaries at work can be incredibly challenging. Yet doing so is necessary for your own well-being and productivity. Otherwise you can't show up for the people at work or at home in the way you'd like. In this session, Dr. Danielle Hairston Green (the best person we've seen who actually does this consistently well) returned to help us strategize ways to prioritize good workplace boundaries. Recording is here: https://video.vt.edu/media/Balancing+Life%3A+Workplace+Boundaries+that+Work+for+You/1_ojqxi69x Slide deck is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AfvH2P0sW_yJ_cYLtWY5sGUhld60WC4s/view?usp=sharing
Balancing Life: Stress Management Strategies to Battle Overwhelm: In this session, Ana Agud, MPH, Manager of Virginia Tech's Hokie Wellness Work/Life Program, returns to help us with tips, tools and resources for stress management that we can use personally and share with others. The recording is here https://video.vt.edu/media/Balancing+LifeA+Stress+Management+Strategies+to+Battle+Overwhelm/1_3r5p1t1v Slide deck is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ico43GcmX9hKolVVrIc4UoFm0BelwYqA/view?usp=drive_link
Balancing Life: Mental Health and Well-Being for Adults: In this session, we learned about trends and prevalence of mental illness among adults, as well as signs and symptoms and ways to build resilience and reduce stress. The recording is here: https://video.vt.edu/media/Balancing+LifeA+Mental+Health+and+Well-Being+for+Adults/1_84ppwimb
Balancing Life: Mental Health Among Children and Teens: Positive mental health is essential to a child’s healthy development. In this session we learned about trends and prevalence of mental illness among youth. We also learned ways that adults can help children build resilience and reduce stress in their lives. The recording is here: https://video.vt.edu/media/Balancing+LifeA+Mental+Health+Among+Children+and+Teens/1_mjf92r6o
Balancing Life: Digital/Social Media and Mental Well-Being for Youth and Adults: In this session, we delve into the pros, cons, and recommendations for using social media in ways that are helpful and strategies to avoid harmful practices. The recording is here: https://video.vt.edu/media/Balancing+LifeA+Digital+Media+and+Mental+Well-Being+for+Youth+and+Adults/1_lciqc6vo
Balancing Life: Managing Stress in Challenging Times: Between the stress of work demands, family-related needs, and even conflict and strife going on in our communities and worldwide, there is no wonder so many of us are feeling overwhelmed. In this session, the always informative and encouraging Alan Rasmussen returns to share strategies and coach us to manage those stressors in our lives. The recording is here: https://video.vt.edu/media/Balancing+LifeA+Managing+Stress+in+Challenging+Times/1_moxn9da3
Are you feeling stressed? If so, you are not alone. Just a few weeks after many of us took a long holiday break with goals of relaxing and recharging, the "busy" has returned. Between the stress of work demands, family-related needs, and even conflict and strife going on in our communities and world...
