This month’s Healthy Horizons Success Story features Virginia Rumph.
Associate Professor and Serials Librarian Virginia Rumph has achieved and maintained a healthy blood pressure level for years, with help from Healthy Horizons’ blood pressure management program. Regular on-campus monitoring of her blood pressure and sound medication advice from staff pharmacists makes Rumph feel more in control of her life and overall health.
Here is her story, in her own words.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Healthy Horizons is offering a MBSR here on campus this fall for interested Butler faculty and staff.
Course details:
If you would be interested in participating in this course, please email healthyhorizons@butler.edu. At this time, you are simply just expressing interest in the program, you are not committing to attending.
What is Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction?
Many of us realize it is beneficial to be open to the exuberant potential of the present moment. We may have even read solid research lauding mindful attention to the present moment as a support for work-life balance, improved health, decreased burnout and increased well-being. But just how do we develop the humanly innate capacity for a mindful way of being amongst the flurry of life’s rigors of education, scholarship and busy personal lives? It is a practice.
There are growing data around the format of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) supporting the practice of mindfulness meditation. From an academic standpoint, this is expressed in terms such as “improving one’s attentional and emotional-regulation strategies”; experientially, it is cultivating the capacity to intentionally be present for all of life in compassion, connection, creativity and joy.
The class will be facilitated by Kathleen Beck-Coon, MD, trained to teach MBSR at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, a global leader in mind-body medicine. Kathleen is involved in the integration of mindfulness meditation and other mindfulness-based approaches in healthcare through research, academic professional education, university employee wellness programs (Indiana University) and community mindfulness-based stress reduction classes. She is a member of the Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education and the Society of Behavioral Medicine and continues to learn how mindfulness practice reduces suffering for us all.
Questions? Contact Healthy Horizons at healthyhorizons@butler.edu or extension 8143.
Try this fun take on an ice cream sandwich the next time you’re craving something sweet!
This simple recipe from Bakers Royale only requires a box of mini vanilla wafer cookies, a banana, peanut butter, and some fun sprinkles!
Questions? Contact Healthy Horizons at healthyhorizons@butler.edu or extension 8143.
Looking for a new way to portion control your snacks or other food items?
These awesome portion control zip lock bags were brought to our attention by a fellow Healthy Horizons participant. They are available from both Target’s Up and Up brand or Walmart’s Great Value brand. Both brands offer a zip lock bag featuring 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, and 1 cup measurements on the bag so you know exactly how much you are packing. Great for on the go snacks and portion control!
Check out this awesome infographic from CookSmarts, which explains ways to enjoy different kinds of vegetables and which season they taste best in.
A perfect guide to have on hand for the upcoming Farmer’s Market season!
New to cooking? Need a refresher? Looking to use a new ingredient?
Check out this instructional video from Cook Smarts on how to saute vegetables. In this video demonstration, kale is used, however, a variety of vegetables taste great sauteed.
Like what you see? Check out the awesome content over at cooksmarts.com.
A Monthly Financial Check-up with Pete the Planner
When it comes to preventative health there are few things more important than getting your recommended screenings. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a screening for your financial health? There may not be an official screening but there is a way for you take stock of you financial health, it’s called ‘The Financial Fifth.’ On the fifth of each month, take 20 minutes to work on your finances. Those 20 minutes will be spent reviewing last month’s purchases and budgeting and planning for the coming month. The Financial Fifth is both proactive and preventative. If on the fifth of the month you determine that last month you over-spent on groceries, this month you will keep an eye on that spending category. Financial health can be just as important as your physical health so take time on the fifth of the month to give your money the attention it deserves.
And, don’t forget, as faculty or staff of Butler University, you have FREE access to all of Pete the Planner’s financial resources from GreenCandy.com!
This site is the comprehensive home to all of Pete the Planner’s financial wellness guides, videos, worksheets, calculators, and all other resources needed to make significant financial change.
In order to access the site, you will need to follow the steps below:
Step 1: Visit http://greencandy.com
Step 2: Look for the word “Register” at the top of the page and click it.
Step 3: Enter the following registration code: bulldogs
*Please note, this resource is for Butler faculty and staff only.*
Looking for ways to get involved in Colon Cancer Awareness?
Take a look at this short video put together by a group of 6th year pharmacy students from Butler University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
http://youtu.be/QQeCgoNFff4
Questions? Contact Healthy Horizons at healthyhorizons@butler.edu or extension 8143.
It’s important to discuss screening options with your doctor. Here is a list of potential questions you should ask.
Here is another list of frequently asked questions related to colorectal cancer.
