Monthly Archives: December 2009

Day #5- Making Stress Tangible (can actually help!)

I feel the need to start this off by admitting that somehow writing this blog never made it on to my “list.” Hi! My name is Taekia, I am the New Staff Manager at the HPA and today I’m going to be talking about organizing to relieve stress. There are so many things in life [...]

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Day #4 – Ways to Prevent Stress

Hello, and welcome to Day 4 of Breaking Out of the (Stressful) Muggle Mindset! This is Tita and today, it is my turn to try and help deal with stress—and stress is something I know a lot about. For the past few months, I have felt like a Year 3 Hermione. I undertook a lot [...]

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Day #3 – Processing Time

Welcome to Day #3 of Breaking Out of the (stressful) Muggle Mindset! Karen here, the HPA’s Chapter Coordinator and your partner in trying to get life a little  bit less stressed in December. Before I launch into today’s tips, a quick reminder that we’ll be on Livestream tonight at 8:30pm EST talking about the muggle [...]

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Day #2 – Stress and Exercise

It is time for day #2 of the Breaking out of the Muggle Mindset series on stress. My name is Elizabeth and I keep up with different website statistics for the HPA and am also the Gryffindor house prefect! I hope that my way of dealing with stress will help you in some way throughout [...]

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Day #1 — Meditation and Molly Weasley

Hi! Welcome to Day #1 of our Breaking Out of the Muggle Mindset series on stress. I’m Jess, a writer/copy editor for the HPA. I hope that by sharing one way that I cope with stress, I might inspire you to deal healthily with your own. First, a confession: I used to eat breakfast in [...]

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Breaking Out of the (Stressful) Muggle Mindset

It’s December, and for many of us that means exams, college applications, and the holidays. No matter where you are or what you’re doing, it can be a stressful time of year. And whether we’re normally Harrys or Rons or Lunas, stress can turn us into full-on Hermione mode. We live in a culture where [...]

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Break the taboos; it's World AIDS Day!

Today, December 1st, is World AIDS Day. On this day each year, people wear red ribbons and educate themselves and others about the global AIDS epidemic. The problem is indeed global, and the issues surrounding it reach far outside the boundaries of health concerns. A major factor in the spreading of AIDS, in the US [...]

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