Health and Wellness Blog

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Wellness On-the-Go

Published: May 26, 2023 by Loida Garcia-Febo, Health and Wellness Ambassador

trees As per the Pew Research Center, 85% of Americans say they own a smartphone and 15% say they are “smartphone-only” Internet users. As a matter of fact, most of us live attached to our smartphone as if it is another limb. We read the news, listen to music, chat with friends, borrow books from our local library, and watch funny videos.

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Wellness Strategies to Manage Anxiety

Published: May 4, 2023 by Loida Garcia-Febo, Health and Wellness Ambassador

All the best for a fruitful end of the semester!

Recently, it seems that many of us are stressed out, sleepless, and feeling Mercury in retrograde intensely. Wellness strategies can take us through times like these. In this post, I will share different strategies to help manage stress and anxiety. I would like to encourage everyone to take a moment to analyze which strategies are best for you.

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What to do when we need ‘Gasolina’ – Fuel

Published: April 17, 2023 by Loida Garcia-Febo, Health and Wellness Ambassador

On April 12, the Library of Congress announced that it had inducted ‘Gasolina,’ the mega hit of the Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee in the National Recording Registry. In Spanish, gasolina means fuel for a vehicle. Without fuel, a car cannot run. The driver of the car cannot go where they need to. In other words, without the energizing fuel that is gasolina an individual cannot reach their goal.

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Wellness is…Supporting those with Long COVID

Published: March 27, 2023 by Loida Garcia-Febo, Health and Wellness Ambassador

The pandemic changed our lives forever. At three years in, we live, love, study, and work differently. We will forever live in some sort of pandemic mode, following security measures, keeping masks in our pockets, and hand sanitizer, gloves, and Clorox towelettes in our bags. 

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Wellness is…Celebrating Women in Librarianship

Women in Librarianship

Published: March 20, 2023 by Loida Garcia-Febo, Health and Wellness Ambassador

March is Women’s History Month. Celebrating and recognizing others is a central part of wellness as it can increase feelings of well-being and help us to connect with others. I wanted to write a blog celebrating my sisters, my fellow librarians, students, women. Recently, we observed three years since the world went on lockdown.  Women, we railed together, we supported each other, and many of us made it. We lovingly remember the ones we lost, their stories and spirits live forever in us.

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New SJSU iSchool Health and Wellness Initiative

Published: March 13, 2023 by Loida Garcia-Febo, Health and Wellness Ambassador

The World Health Organization defines well-being as a positive state experienced by individuals and societies. Similar to health, it is a resource for daily life and is determined by social, economic, and environmental conditions. Furthermore, the WHO indicates that supporting mental health and the state of well-being is crucial for individuals, communities, and societies.