Author: Kate Parker

Looking Towards My School Community

Hey guys! So this week, I have been continuing my studies with the Science of Wellbeing for Teens course. Genuinely, it has been super interesting to learn about all the different phenomenons experienced by our brains and begin to notice myself doing them. One major impact that I have noticed this course having on me…

By Kate Parker April 10, 2023 Off

The Science of Wellbeing…For Teens!!

Hey everyone!! I hope you all had an amazing weekend. I know I certainly did. I have been working on something SUPER amazing this week. In fact, it is the reason behind the name of this very independent study. This week…drumroll please…I began taking the Yale Course “The Science of Wellbeing for Teens”! This class…

By Kate Parker April 3, 2023 Off

Authentic Connections Survey Takeaways

Hi guys! Welcome back to another blog post. This week, I was fortunate enough to find a Vimeo recording of Nina Kumar, the Authentic Connections Co-founder and CEO, presenting on the results of the school wide wellness survey taken at DA. I watched and took notes, as well as formulated ideas and questions that arose…

By Kate Parker March 5, 2023 Off

Gratitude: a powerful emotion

https://www.mindful.org/gratitude-changes-brain/  Hey guys! Welcome back to another blog post. This week’s topic has me ecstatic, as it is none other than…GRATITUDE! Personally, gratitude has been a major part of my life, and I have grown to love expressing gratitude in various ways. For example, I have been keeping a journal where I write about my…

By Kate Parker February 21, 2023 Off

Yoga, Mindfulness, and Exercise…Oh My!

Hey guys! Welcome back to yet another blog post…this week has been fun. I got to take a deep dive into how yoga, mindfulness, and exercise affect our bodies (both differently or similarly), as well as how they affect our mental health. So, when conducting further research on mindfulness last week (through Pub Med), I…

By Kate Parker February 5, 2023 Off

My Journey with Mindfulness

Hey guys! I’m so excited to share with you my own journey with mindfulness. I felt like this is an appropriate first post for this blog, as I want to preface my research findings with a story of my own. I intentionally describe this as a “journey” for a reason: mindfulness can be easier at…

By Kate Parker January 12, 2023 Off