Interested in joining a group?
If you are looking for a group/support not listed please contact Wellness Services.
For more information or to register contact Wellness Services:
Email: wellnessservices@lawrence.edu
Call: 920-832-6574
Wellness Groups
LGBTQ+ Support Group
Meets weekly in the Gender & Sexuality Diversity Center (Memorial Hall 107). All LGBTQ+ and questioning students welcome. (Allies, please sit this one out.). Facilitated by Wellness Services Counselor, Corynn Stoltenberg. Please contact Corynn with interest or questions via email: corynn.stoltenberg@lawrence.edu
Being Well at the Con
Please join us Thursdays at 10:30am in Brokaw 93 to:
- Learn wellness skills to support your journey.
- Process your unique experience
- Obtain resources from Wellness Services counselors to help you thrive.
POC Empowerment Circle
Every other Thursday 1pm Warch Kraemer Room
- This is a space where students of color to connect and build community on campus.
- The purpose is to allow healing and foster empowerment.
- The discussion based series is meant to celebrate and explore identities while strengthening skills necessary to thrive at Lawrence University.
Understanding Self & Others
Trouble making friends?
Are relationships hard to develop?
Feeling lonely or sad?
Suffering from anxiety?
Disconnected from others?
Worried about how others perceive you?
Struggling with self- esteem?
Difficulty asking for help?
If you answered YES to any of these...Understanding Self & Others is the group for you.
International Support Group
A space for international students to connect over shared experiences. This diversity-related event enhances spiritual and religious life.
Tuesdays at International House
Online Mindfulness Series
Check out the online mindfulness video series made especially for the Lawrence Community.
An Introduction to Mindfulness - (5 min.) Before beginning any mindfullness activity, it is helpful to understand the definition, examples, and purpose of mindfullness practices.
Safe Space Imagery Exercise - (14 min.) Use this guided imagery or visualization to create a “safe space.” This safe space is uniquely yours and can be accessed at any time. This tool can be helpful if you’re healing from trauma, dealing with anxiety or depression and for general meditation.
5-4-3-2-1 Mindfulness Exercise - (3 min.) This exercise is a simple yet powerful tool for calming a racing mind, orienting yourself in the present moment, and connecting with each of your five senses.
Reducing Anxiety with Elevator Breathing - (5 min.) Anxiety is often connected to the chest. This exercise brings our focus lower in the body, focusing on the exhale to induce a sense of calm and groundedness.
Mindfulness Indoors - (7 min.) One basic concept of mindfulness is to increase our ability to be aware of the present moment. This may include awareness of our internal experience, our body, breath, thoughts, or emotions, or our external experience, the sounds, sights, smells.
Mindfulness Outdoors, Winter Edition - (6 min.) This exercise focuses on the natural world around you to help you orient to your surroundings in the present moment. When the weather is cold, it’s easy to rush from one building to the next, tensing against the cold and focusing on getting to you.
Neuroplasticity - (4 min.) Practicing mindfulness strengthens the brain’s ability to regulate itself. Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to change over time, developing and strengthening neuronal pathways that are used regularly and diminishing pathways that are not needed.
Mindfulness for Big Projects, Tests, and Performances - (8 min.) Use this mindfulness practice when you are feeling stressed or anxious about an upcoming project, test, or performance.
Gratitude Practice - (6 min.)
Mindful Listening - (5 min.) Use this mindful listening exercise with a favorite piece of music or to bring more awareness to your everyday surroundings.
Mindful Breathing - (7 min.)
Mindful Breathing Exercise - (4 min.)
Mindfullness and Coping with Anxiety - (5 min.)