Hello my fellow student affairs professionals! Thanks for taking the time out of your busy day to read this. Whether you’re relaxing in bed after a long day of one-on-ones, p[...]

Can you believe 2017 is already here, colleagues? Before you know it, students will be back and conference season will be ahead of us. I hope everyone is feeling good about this up[...]

I was extremely fortunate to have been offered a job before graduating with my master’s in May of this year. I applied to well over 25 jobs and landed the one that I wanted m[...]

If you’ve ever had a panic attack, you would know that it’s not fun. Ever. Panic attacks come in different forms for different things. Personally, my panic attacks range from exper[...]

“Don’t sweat the small stuff… and it’s all small stuff.” That is the name of the game and the title of a book by Dr. Richard Carlson.  When invited to write about this topic and to[...]

In the life of student affairs and higher education, we tend to have a lot on our plates. It can get overwhelming at times. I know that anxiety really can affect my day if I don[...]

I love development theories. With a psychology and sociology background, I am so interested in seeing what makes people the way they are. Before taking my student development class[...]

Some newer student affairs professionals may remember playing the popular The Sims video game growing up. In it, players with god-like powers could direct their “Sims” [...]

A few nights ago, I had an extremely vivid dream – as people with depression are wont to do. In the dream, I was dying – I had been given a few days by a doctor and was[...]

You wake up. You don’t want to get out of bed because your thoughts won’t let you. Later you’ll want to explain this paralysis, but you’re ashamed of it, and you don’t quite unders[...]