Health & Wellbeing

Wellbeing is the experience of health, happiness, and prosperity. It includes having good mental health, high life satisfaction, a sense of meaning or purpose, and ability to manage stress. More generally, wellbeing is just feeling well. Below you will find resources to help your health and wellbeing.

Mental Health, Mindfulness & Sleep
  • Cabin Fever Symptoms and Coping Skills
  • Recommended Apps
    • Oak Meditation
      Great for beginners and experts alike. Learn mindful and loving-kindness meditation.
    • Headspace
      Guided meditations focused on stress and anxiety, sleeping, movement and exercise, and more. The free version includes basic meditations and special pack focused on the current events. The Student version is only $9.99 per year.
    • Insight Timer
      This free app offers guided meditations for sleep, anxiety, and stress.
    • Calm Meditation
      Calm – Meditation app with a large library of guided courses, nature sounds, and video lessons on mindful movement. There is a free version and a paid version.
    • Smiling Mind
      Smiling Mind is a completely free mindfulness website and app. Includes programs for adults and for kids.
Staying Connected

Discord App
This free app, originally designed for gamers, allows groups of friends to create a shared server and host chats on different topics, as well as an open audio channel if folks would like to chat as if you were working or gaming in the same room.

Netflix Party
This free Google Chrome extension lets you synchronize what you're watching on Netflix with friends and chat about the movie - or whatever!

Cooking at Home

Cooking at Home in the Time of Coronavirus
The Bon Appétit staff have compiled a fantastic list of recipes to get us through, highlighting recipes with 5 or fewer ingredients, recipes that freeze well, recipes for comfort foods, and recipes for pantry staples like canned tomatoes, pasta, and beans.

Tasty
Tons of recipes with step-by-step video instructions.

Easy Recipes to Cook While You're Self-Quarantined

New York Times Cooking
The New York Times offers recipes for simple dishes that can be made mostly with what you have on hand. This article is part of a larger collection of self-quarantine-friendly recipes.

Food Network Kitchen App
This app offers over 80,000 recipes from Food Network experts. There is a free version of the app with access to recipes, and a paid version that includes videos of your favorite chefs cooking live.

Campus Well Online Magazine at MSUM

College Pen Pal Program
As classes go online and we try to socially isolate, we are craving human connection! Students across the country are all in the same boat, and we want to help you connect with each other. Fill out this form and you'll be matched with another college student. Only your email address will be shared with one other person (your pen pal!), and then you two can decide how you'd like to communicate. Happy pen pal-ing!

Journaling Apps

Gratitude Happiness Journal App
This app lets you write and send thank-you notes to people in your life. It also includes features like inspirational quotes, reminders to practice gratefulness throughout the day, and of course, the ability to jot down what you’re grateful for.

Day One Journal
This app lets you create entries with words and photos.

1 Second Everyday – Video Diary
“Imagine a movie that includes every day of the rest of your life”

Just for Fun
Other Resources