Creating a Life Worth Living: A Wellness Series for Suicide Prevention Month
Week 1, Gratitude
When: September 9-13
Where: Athletic Department Office
What: Come and place a note on our gratitude wall that offers one thing you're truly grateful for.
Video featuring Dr. Tim Silvestri discussing Gratitude
Week 2, Resilience
When: September 16-20
Video featuring Dr. Tim Silvestri discussing Resilience
Week 3, Impact
When: Friday, September 27th
Where: Parent's Plaza
What: A Voices of Strength (VOS) tabling event to celebrate the importance of impact.
Video Link: Click on the following link to watch a brief video by Dr. Tim Silvestri, Director of Counseling Services on the importance of Impact.
Video featuring Dr. Tim Silvestri discussing Impact
Week 4, Destructive Perfectionism
When: Sunday, October 6th
Where: Memorial Hall
What: Destructive Perfectionism: A Suicide Awareness & Prevention Program presented by Carli Bushoven from the Madison Holleran Foundation.
Sometimes people who seem to have their lives together are actually falling apart under the surface. Living in an age of social media and intense comparison, many young adults today are focused on keeping up or achieving unrealistic goals of perfectionism.
At just 19, Madison Holleran, known to have both beauty and brains, had also earned a coveted spot on UPenn's Ivy League track team and won multiple academic and athletic awards. It seemed like she "had it all." Madison's pursuit of unattainable levels of "perfection" exacerbated her mental health struggles with anxiety and depression. She struggled immensely with her sense of failure and ultimately ended her life in January 2014. Carli challenges others to ask themselves: Is this life my pursuit of happiness or my pursuit of perfection?
Week 5, Manifesting Success
When: October 9th at 6:00
What: Living Room conversation with Dr. Tim Silvestri on manifesting success
Where: Java Joe's
Video featuring Dr. Tim Silvestri discussing Success
