One look around any media platform and you will find mental health as a focal point. There are YouTube and Instagram accounts dedicated to yoga, wellness juices that boost the mood, face goop, and manifesting some of that good shit into your life. Some of it is helpful…and some of it screams like a cash grab. BGF cares about your mental wellbeing, but in the way that we understand that feeling stressed, overwhelmed, anxiety driven are all mental states that are not allowing you to be the best you. And that is a barrier to our mission where we want you to invest in yourself. So let’s take a moment to explore self-care and what that means to the BGF and what it should be to you.

It’s natural for us to reserve relaxation for the summer. We’ve been conditioned to behave this way since we were four years of age. Yet we need to learn that we can’t hold onto stress and wait for the “perfect moment” to invest in ourselves and relieve ourselves from the stress in our life. .. or if you are from East Philadelphia born and raised — chillin’ out, maxin’, relaxin’ all cool.

John Lennon and Paul McCartney of the Beatles are not the only persons alive that shout “Help” in a rather peppy upbeat demeanor. A lot of us are not feeling so “self-assured” but trying to look like we have our shit together on the outside. We did everything to rally our spirits, yet we can't muster up the support we need to get our feet back on the ground. Here is a list of campus resources that can provide some help.

The 2020-21 academic year has been rough to say the least. We have been in back-to-back zoom conferences and classes. Now finals are around the corner and the stress of uncertainty are starting the feel the suffocation of pressure and those that have been living in this state – can't really provide information on how to avoid or get out from underneath this pressure.

We will give you some resources and advice on how to be resilient.