Wellbeing workshops
A range of workshops are available to help you improve your health and wellbeing while studying at university.
Manawa ora—student wellbeing runs a series of group workshops available throughout the year.
Workshops are led by experienced facilitators who understand student life. Wellbeing workshops will help you develop skills and strategies for overall wellbeing that support you to study well.
New wellbeing workshops begin in February 2021. You can also check out our online wellbeing resources for self-help.
Trimester 1 workshops
Weekly workshop
Mindwell meditation
- Monday–Friday, 9.20 am throughout Trimester 1—beginning Monday 1 March
- The Bubble, SU 216 (Student Union building)
- No booking required—just turn up.
Week 5—Monday 22–Friday 26 March
Anxiety breathing for calm and focus
A quick 20-minute session. Learn about anxiety breathing for calm and focus and identify how breathing makes you feel. Practice and experience the box breathing technique. Do box breathing meditation to experience calm.
- Monday 22 March, 10.30–10.50 am
- SU219 (Student Union building)
- Book via CareerHub
Assertiveness
A 45-minute workshop. Learn about what it means to be assertive. Brainstorm different types of assertive responses to situations and identify one area where you want to be more assertive in your life.
- Tuesday 23 March, 12–12.45 pm
- SU219 (Student Union building)
- Book via CareerHub
Feedback
A 45-minute postgraduate workshop. Learn strategies to take the personal sting out of feedback about your study, while gaining clarity about what to improve. Flip the strategies to learn how to give constructive feedback to others. Learn how to use positive reinforcement and assertiveness to create a culture of constructive feedback.
- Tuesday 23 March 5.30–6.15 pm
- SU219, Kelburn
- Book via CareerHub
Self-esteem
A quick 20-minute session. Learn to recognise when you feel hurt, guilty, or have made a bad choice. Learn skills to treat yourself well through self-talk, increase your motivation, and identify what you are good at and proud of.
- Wednesday 24 March 10.30–10.50 am
- SU219, Kelburn
- Book via CareerHub
Self-care
A 45-minute workshop. Learn why self-care is important for your academic success and wellbeing. Identify self-care strategies, what already works, and brainstorm your own self-care plan.
- Thursday 25 March 12–12.45 pm
- SU219, Kelburn
- Book via CareerHub
Sleep
A quick 20-minute session. Brainstorm strategies for establishing routines that support your sleep. Identify which ones work and learn new strategies and how to put them in to action.
- Friday 26 March 10.30–10.50 am
- SU219, Kelburn
- Book via CareerHub
Burnout
A 45-minute postgraduate workshop. Understand what burnout is and how it happens. Strategies to clarify your role, understand fixed and flexible boundaries around study expectations, and identify what causes you stress. Develop your own self-care plan to reduce fight/flight/freeze reactions and give yourself time to think and respond.
- Friday 26 March 5.30–6.15 pm
- SU219, Kelburn
- Book via CareerHub
Week 6—Monday 29 March–Friday 2 April
Connecting
A quick 20-minute session. Learn to use core listening skills on how to host engaging conversation, ways to be a good friend, and how to keep conversations going in social situations.
- Monday 29 March, 10.30–10.50 am
- SU219 (Student Union building)
- Book via CareerHub
Imposter syndrome
A 45-minute postgraduate workshop. Imposter syndrome is feeling like a fraud, experiencing self-doubt, or feeling undeserving of your status. Share your experiences in a supportive, judgement-free space and help separate fact from fiction. Work on creating a brag sheet to manage self-doubt and a personal mantra to increase your self-confidence.
- Monday 29 March, 5.30–6.15 pm
- SU219 (Student Union building)
- Book via CareerHub
Nutrition
A 45-minute workshop. Learn about the components that make a healthy, balanced meal and how to find cheap sources of food in Wellington. Discover how to use a meal planner to create a shopping list and stick to a budget.
- Tuesday 30 March, 12–12.45 pm
- SU219 (Student Union building)
- Book via CareerHub
Workload
A 45-minute postgraduate workshop. A safe space to talk about large and challenging pieces of work. Learn techniques to chunk work, increase comprehension, and create uninterrupted study time. Tips for dealing with frequent interruptions and keeping track of multiple tasks and activities across work and life.
- Wednesday 31 March, 5.30–6.15 pm
- SU219 (Student Union building)
- Book via CareerHub
Depression
A 45-minute workshop. Learn about the differences between grief, stress, and depression. Understand the cycle of depression and how behavioural activation techniques can help you with energy and motivation.
- Thursday 1 April, 12–12.45 pm
- SU219 (Student Union building)
- Book via CareerHub
Be sure to check back in here for the remaining workshops of the trimester.