Successful Weight Loss Strategies
The battle of the bulge is a fight worth fighting. Come learn some effective strategies to help you lose weight and keep it off.

W Feb 6
W Apr 2

Sports Nutrition
The demands of recreational or competitive sports require specific nutrition needs. Learn how to get the most from your diet without the use of expensive nutritional gimmicks.

Healthy Vegetarian Eating
Discover the health benefits of a plant based diet.

Dysfunctional Eating
This workshop compares normal, dysfunctional, and disordered eating patterns. Learn how to recognize unhealthy eating behaviors and develop and apply strategies for change.

Mindful Eating
This workshop is an interactive experience in learning more about mindful eating. Participants will learn how to approach eating intentionally and purposefully, rather than rushing through a meal while multi-tasking their lives. They will also learn how to pay attention to physiological cues that will help them slow down and enjoy the foods they eat.

Sex and Relationships
Learn about sexual negotiation- how to make sure you and a partner get what you want and respect each other. Nationally-certified peer educators discuss how to talk with a partner about hot topics like sexual history, STI and pregnancy prevention, and relationship expectations.

Surviving & Thriving in Long Distance Relationships (LDR’s)
This workshop is best suited for those who are thinking about beginning a long distance relationship, are currently in one, or recently ended one. We will discuss facts about LDR’s, the rewards and challenges of LDR’s, tips on how to strengthen your LDR, and knowing how and when to end the relationship.

W Mar 12
W Mar 26

5:00pm
5:00pm

Managing Relationships: Getting along with family and friends
Find ways to understand the personalities and motivations of others and why they sometimes conflict with your own. Participants will learn how to communicate more effectively with those around them and how to help others understand them more completely.

T Mar 25
R Mar 27

Sexual Assault: Resources and Eradication
F.I.R.E. Sexual Assault Peer Educators, a group of men and women committed to ending sexual assault, will educate their peers’ on strategies they can employ to end sexual assault at Western and within their communities. Students will also learn how to support a survivor of sexual assault, and the area resources which can help facilitate a person’s recovery from an assault.

M Mar 31
F Apr 4
T Apr 8
R Apr 10

2:00pm 11:00am
4:00pm
2:30pm

Coping Skills for Stress
Learn to feel calmer when anticipating stressful events. Relax before, during and after stressful situations. Make a stressful events hierarchy and respond with stress-coping thoughts.

R Mar 20
F Mar 28

4:00pm
11:00am

Mindful Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Find yourself worrying about the future? Notice that you think a lot about the past? Does this create stress and tension? Attend this workshop and you will learn principles of mindfulness combined with experiential exercises that will help you be more attentive to the present moment in order to help manage stress.

W Mar 19
W Apr 2

5:00pm 5:00pm

The Balancing Act
This workshop will discuss the challenges in your life since arriving on campus. Tips on how to balance your life away from home and how to effectively communicate your needs to others will be covered. Location: Sindecuse Health Center, 3 rd Floor, Room 3250

R Mar 27
T April 1

4:00pm 1:00pm