Luskin and Pertofsky originally taught a course titled “The Pursuit of Happiness and Health” in the School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics, which in 2007 evolved into the happiness class offered now, taught twice a year through the athletics department. The happiness class covers topics such as gratitude, mindfulness, human connections, forgiveness and meditation, and reaches a wider student audience.
I want to share the resources that I’ve used–both to commend Stanford for its supportive environment and to share with other students that may be floundering how I’ve made my way through school.
Freshman year, I discovered the infamous “Stanford duck syndrome,” where on the surface everyone looks calm but underneath is paddling like mad to stay afloat. I would soon discover that I, too, was a duck…
While my entire school mourned the losses of my classmate and teacher, only a small number of my friends and my teachers were aware that my aunt had died, too. As contained as I kept my mourning in high school, I find it even harder to express my grief at Stanford…
The ASSU executive cabinet wants the student body to celebrate students’ bodies this week with its first annual “Love Your Body Week.”
In a report by The Daily Beast which was published last week amid fierce methodological criticism, Stanford was ranked as the most stressful college in the nation for undergraduate students.
Eating disorders are not just a woman thing…
People with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) suffer from abnormalities in the way their brains control negative emotions, a new Stanford School of Medicine study found.