Why Exercise? Thoughts from Daleen Lamprecht (Biokineticist)

COVID-19 is causing widespread disruption to daily life for people across the world. While supporting social distancing recommendations and movement restrictions to keep our communities safe from the virus, we also need to be mindful of how disruption can affect our mental health, fitness and occupational health.

In this course you will engage in a series of challenges designed to increase your own happiness and build more productive habits. As preparation for these tasks, Professor Laurie Santos reveals misconceptions about happiness, annoying features of the mind that lead us to think the way we do, and the research that can help us change. You will ultimately be prepared to successfully incorporate a specific wellness activity into your life.

What can parents and children do to survive self-isolation, and each other?

Wellness is about being able to live a life where you want to take responsibility and where you have control over the choices you make. Wellness will give you the opportunity to not merely survive every day but to thrive despite your circumstances.

It would be wrong to say there is good news coming out of COVID-19, but there are causes for optimism; reasons to think there may be ways to contain and defeat the virus. And lessons to learn for the future.