MHSA-Recommended Resources

Below you will find information about external tools and recommendations compiled by the Harvard Chan Mental Health Student Alliance.

Relaxation and Stress Management

• Guided meditation apps
  • Headspace
  • Stop, Breathe & Think
  • Calm
• Free Yoga YouTube Series
  • Yoga with Adriene
• TedX
  • How to Make Stress Your Friend
• Harvard Bureau of Study Counsel
  • Stress, Anxiety and Self-care

Connecting with Peers

• Harvard Health
  • Five Ways to Fight Loneliness and Isolation
• Harvard Bureau of Study Counsel
  • How to Help Someone
• Article from University of Michigan
  • Being a Mental Health Ally

Time Management

• Harvard Bureau of Study Counsel
  • Cranium Corner: Time Management
• Harvard Business Review
  • Topic: Time Management

Concentration and Memory

• Harvard Bureau of Study Counsel
  • Topic: Attention and Concentration

Imposter Syndrome

• Resources from University of Michigan
  • Imposter Syndrome Information
• Harvard Business Review
  • Everyone Suffers from Imposter Syndrome
• Forbes
  • How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome

Perfectionism

• Harvard Bureau of Study Counsel
  • Perfectionism at Harvard: Friend or Foe?
  • Perfectionism: Strategies for Change
  • The Success-Failure Project

Resilience

• Harvard Bureau of Study Counsel
  • Lessons from Success-Failure Project
  • Topic: Success, Failure, Resilience
• Oregon Health & Science University
  • Resilience Building Plan Worksheet

Sleep

• Harvard Bureau of Study Counsel
  • Topic: Sleep
• The Better Sleep Council
  • Hold Off on Hitting Snooze

Nature

• Arnold Arboretum
• Boston Nature Center

Advice from Current Students

• List of quotes compiled by MHSA