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A Recipe for Good Hygiene

It’s easy to see that the pandemic has changed our daily routines and how we interact with each other. Hygienic practices like washing our hands and social distancing are emphasized now more than ever. But what has not been emphasized as much is proper hygiene in our own kitchens!

Be WellTotal WellnessJuly 17, 2020UCLA, ucla total wellness, ucla total wellness magazine, be well, food, kitchen, hygiene, hands, social distancing, preparation, house, home, recipe, cooking, meal, prep, meat, vegetables, cutting, cutting board, soap, sponge, apron, towels, disinfectant, hand, hand sanitizer, gloves, preparation time, meal plan, meal planning, meal prepping, healthy meals, instructions, prepping, school, cook, chef, area, directions, bleach, health, wellness, thaw, frozen, safety, college safety, hair, cleaning, grocery, groceries, household, dish, dishes, drying, silverware, preserving, preserve, leftovers, college cooking, baking, baking staples, staples, pasta, salt, sugar, herbs, shelf life, fruits, vegetablesmeat, eggs, infection, viral, virus, Nancy Romo

Finding Strength During Quarantine

The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we live: professional sports seasons have been suspended, places of worship are closed, and schools across the country are set to be held online for the rest of the academic year. Yet the duration of this new normal still remains a question.

Mind WellTotal WellnessMay 11, 2020quarantine, pandemix, seasons, self-help, covid, at home, stay-at-home, ucla, home, spring, quarter, ucla total wellness, ucla total wellness magazine, stagecoach, emotions, negative, positive, Positivity, people, valid, coping, cope, hope, jobs, love, college, bruins, virus, life, walk, yoga, workout, normalcy, zoom, baking, routine, state, experience, corepower, situation, compassion, Jenna Hajny

Slouching and Feeling Slumped: How Posture Can Affect Your Mental Health

Do you ever feel your back hurting after a particularly long Zoom session? Now that we’re working from home, we’re also spending a lot more time sitting for hours on end, making it easy to hunch over as we become fatigued.

Q+A: Homesickness

You start to crave home-cooked meals and find yourself thinking about your family and old friends all the time. You admit to yourself that you’re homesick. But guess what? Feeling like this is totally normal! Here are some answers we’ve dug up for common questions you may have about this very real experience.

Health, Mental Health, Be WellTotal WellnessJanuary 8, 2017homesick, home, sad, anxious, family, friends, bruin blogs, travel, Travel, Nancy Vu