In this 5-minute clip from episodes 56 and 57 of OnTopic with Empathia, Meghan Becker, CARE Team Director at Baylor University, explores anxieties experienced by students on college campuses and their root causes. Listen to full episodes of OnTopic with Empathia here or on your preferred podcast platform.
Getting a college degree has always been difficult, but in the age of COVID, smart-phones, and bubble-wrap parenting, some might say it’s harder now than ever before. Just take it from Meghan Becker – she’s the Director of Student Care and Well-Being at Baylor University, where she heads up the Care Team, Baylor’s unique departmental…
It can’t be easy to go to school nowadays. Just take it from Meghan Becker – she’s the Director of Student Care and Well-Being at Baylor University where she heads up the Care Team, Baylor’s unique departmental solution to providing mental health resources to over 20,000 college students across it’s in-person and virtual campuses. To…
In this 5-minute clip from episodes 45 and 46 of OnTopic with Empathia, keynote speaker, advisor and advocate Manya Chylinski discusses her experience witnessing the 2013 Boston Marathon terrorist attack and how it changed her. Since the event, Manya has learned valuable skills for taking control of her mental health and shares them on the…
Since the events of the Boston Marathon Bombing in April of 2013, Manya Chylinski’s been helping guide others past the stigma of victimhood by raising awareness of the mental and emotional effects of violence and tragedy. In her follow-up conversation with Rick from last week’s Part One, Manya digs into where she’s been since and…
In this 5-minute clip from episode 44 of OnTopic with Empathia, Dayna Smith-Slade shares strategies for coping with many of the anxieties that arise during election season. Listen to full episodes of OnTopic with Empathia here or on your preferred podcast platform.
Election season can be stressful on even the most experienced of voters. Tensions are high and political disagreements can drive a wedge in our personal relationships. Dayna Smith-Slade is here with us to share her strategies on how to ease election anxiety and have healthier communication with family and friends who share different views. Whether…
Is it better to run, hide, or fight? When it comes to responding to an active shooter, there’s drills, strategies, and even testimonials that you can train on, but Dr. Schoenfeldt says teaching’s the real secret. Following up from last week, Kelly dives back into active shooter response management with Dr. Mary Schoenfeldt, an emergency…
Active Shooter. It’s a phrase that strikes an immediate sense of warning in all of us; a notion so terrible that many of us can only hope we’ll never be forced to face it in our own communities. But for some, tragedy may have already struck, and gaining a greater understanding of the problem may…
