Author: Kate Parker

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…

Hey!! So, I just realized this post was hiding in my drafts for a couple weeks. So, without further ado, here is my independent study reflection (made ~3 weeks ago). Hope you enjoy!

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…

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…

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…

Hey guys! Welcome back to another blog post. I hope your week has been going well. Apologies for the shorter blog post this week, the winter musical Chicago is coming up (yay!), so we’ve been having lots of tech rehearsals. Fortunately I was able to run a little self-experiment this week with the help of…

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…

Hi guys! Welcome back to another weekly blog post. I hope your day has been going well so far 🙂 For this week, I decided to reflect on a very important community day our school held this past Wednesday. First, we went over the results of a school wide wellness survey the ENTIRE school took.…

Welcome back to my blog!! I’m so excited to share with you my findings of what I’ve been researching this week—the benefits of mindfulness. I’ve always known that mindfulness makes me feel better and more calm, but I’ve never known the reasons why. I based a lot of this research on Koru’s resources, but I…

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…