• Disability Support Group 
• Chaotic Families 
• ADHD Support Group 
• Address the Stress: Strengthening Seniors’ Networking and Interview Skills

• Free STI Screening Clinic 
• Accessing Mindfulness 
• Mood Management Workshop Returns! 

Dear Bryn Mawrters, 

I want to acknowledge the exclusionary wording used earlier this semester to promote a group for students with ADHD. Upon reading the flyer, some students told us they felt unwelcome on the basis of gender; I imagine others might have felt similarly. I want you to know I heard you and I greatly appreciate your feedback. 

Your feedback has enabled us to rethink and revamp the group so that all genders are welcome. The goal of this group is to provide a safe and supportive environment in which students can share their experiences, reframe and embrace their neurodiversity, and heal from the negative descriptors too often heaped on those with ADHD: lazy, scattered, unmotivated, etc. If you have symptoms of ADHD, whether formally diagnosed or not, and would like to join us, please contact.  

Sincerely,



Polly O'Keefe
Director of Counseling Services

Dear Caring and Concerned 

Remember, whatever you are feeling is okay to feel. Separating from emotions is so often encouraged by our rapid lifestyles, but we also need dedicated time to spend with our feelings. Naming feelings, feeling feelings, and joining with others to hold our mutual feelings can be intensely transformative. It also energizes us to take action to follow our values. Sometimes periods of adversity are valuable opportunities to practice mutual support. Consider taking a walk outdoors, engaging in some volunteer work or activism with a group of peers. Or maybe try writing a letter to your future self about the way you feel now. These are all ways to nurture your feelings and give them some needed attention.

Yours, 

Perspective I 

Dear Caring and Concerned, 

Feeling overwhelmed is natural when contemplating human suffering of any magnitude. We all want to be able to help. We all feel for our fellow human beings. And at the same time, these emotions can paralyze us if we lose perspective. Gratitude, joy, and awe are ways to connect to our shared humanity as well and they will contribute energy to whatever actions we take to support others.

If you’re interested, consider checking out this article on how to cultivate energizing emotions such as joy and how emotional muscle memory can help us find perspective in the midst of adversity. Some suggestions from the article:

1. Share some appreciation with a friend or friends by writing them messages of gratitude.
2. Take an "awe walk" to focus on the beauty and splendor of the everyday.
3. Practice some mindful listening to the sounds in your environment.

Warmly, 

Perspective II