Wellbeing

Wellbeing and Respectful Relationships Workshop

On May 21, the International Student Program collaborated with Chinese Community Social Service Centre Inc. to hold a Wellbeing and Respectful Relationship workshop for Chinese-speaking international students. A total of 38 students attended the workshop facilitated by an accredited psychologist Mr Poly Yang.

At the workshop, students first played a game to demonstrate the most important thing in their life. They were asked to choose from four aspects: health, study, relationship, and fun, and shared with the group. After an active discussion, Mr Yang used the metaphor of bicycle to inspire students to think about goal setting and control. Students learned how to set a SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-based) goal, and The Healthy Mind Platter to optimise brain matter and create wellbeing by engaging in seven daily essential mental activities: sleep, physical activity, focusing on a task, reflection, mind wander, play and connection. 

While there may be challenges in life causing depression, anxiety and other mental health issues, Mr Yang normalized the experience and encouraged students to notice the signals that indicate the need to reach out and seek help. In addition, he shared resources of wellbeing support service and self-care suggestions. A few members of the school Wellbeing team introduced their service and encouraged students to take initiative to seek support.

At the end of the workshop, every student received a gift pack with hand sanitiser, snacks, soft drink and a stress ball. 

We hope that in the future, students would have more opportunities to equip themselves with knowledge of wellbeing to build healthy relationships, resilience, and confidence.

Samantha Dong

International Student Program Education Support

Promoting education for global citizenship and sustainability

This article was first published on Monash Lens. Read the original article.

Humanity is facing huge challenges. The climate crisis is evident and begs for urgent changes in our modes of social organisation. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed huge global inequalities, and the interdependence among human communities, other species, and the planet as a shared territory.

The ethical decisions that we make in the next few years will be critical for the future of our species, our communities, and the ecosystems we inhabit. To successfully address the challenges we’re facing, we’ll need to collaborate both within our communities and on a global scale.

Living, working with those who are different

That’s why we need to promote a kind of education in which children and young people learn to live and collaborate with others who are different, and to take care of the planet as a shared home….read more here.

DSC Wellbeing Team