LEAD P U N E L AVA S A C A M P U S GIVES DIRECTION The Hub of Analytics VOLUME 01 | ISSUE 04 | OCT, NOV, DEC 2021 Centre for Counselling & Health Services (CCHS) CHRIST (Deemed to be University) 1800 123 2009 Pune Lavasa Campus - ‘The Hub of Analytics’ lavasa.christuniversity.in
LEAD CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING & HEALTH SERVICES LEARN . ENGAGE . APPRECIATE . DEVELOP VOLUME 01 | ISSUE 04 (OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER) 2021 Content Index Director’s Note _________________________________ 1 Campus Round up _____________________________ 4 Counselor’s Note _______________________________ 1 Creative Corner ________________________________ 6 Anchor within __________________________________ 2 CCHS Experience ______________________________ 8 Caring for self __________________________________ 2 Director’s Note Counselor’s Note : Writing this note at the end of the last month of the \"Have an anchor so that life doesn't toss you around.\" last quarter of this year. - Debby Ryan. A time to reflect as we prepare ourselves for the coming new year. What does an anchor really mean? The irony is I write here for those who are in the prime of their first quarter of life. It means - a person or thing that can be relied on for Remember that Nothing is Lost – as in every loss support, stability, or security; mainstay. For example - there is a gain. We have read many times – No Pain, Hope was his only anchor. No Gain. The loss of time in campus all these months is now coming to an end and soon the campus will This last quarter of 2021 , L.E.A.D focusses on having an be brimming with young anf vibrant energy. anchor within, that can keep us grounded, centered, no matter how turbulent life around is. Enlighten yourself with all the knowledge you Closing the year on a note of Hope, we once again emphasize on the importance of Self care at all levels – require to create an impression on prospective the mind, body and soul. employers. Till the next time, let us be Loyal to our commitments, Acquire skills that will give you an added advan- Engage proactively in daily routines, Adapt to the ever changing environment and Develop an attitude of tage. Gratitude. Happy reading L.E.A.D Dream big and act on your dreams. Best Wishes Always, In every area of your life – LEAD Arpita Ghosh Wishing you all the very best. Happy & Prosperous New Year. Sr Counselor CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Fr Jossy P George Pune Lavasa Campus Director & Dean CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Pune Lavasa Campus LEAD 1 GIVES DIRECTION CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING & HEALTH SERVICES (CCHS)
LEARN . ENGAGE . APPRECIATE . DEVELOP Anchor within The editorial team asked some of the students what it means to them to have a spiritual anchor and this is Anchored In The Inner World what they shared. During turbulent times in life what keeps us afloat is the anchor 1) Anything which makes me grounded and I work within. forward in life to achieve a goal maybe through that by Human Life has gone topsy-turvy a connection and also face challenges and cope up in the past two years as the with it – Shrey Sahai 5BALLB unprecedented pandemic struck 2) It’s an object in our mind that reminds you how you the world. It has shattered the want to be in your life. It connects you as Human Being aspirations and dreams of millions to the present moment and to your life experience. – Rashi Ashok Thakur 5BALLB as the virus caught them unawares. Mental health 3) Just like a ship has an anchor which holds it down cases have skyrocketed henceforth as people failed to and stable, our mind does so by reminding us of what cope with the personal loses and unbearable trage- gives us meaning in life and that there is something dies unfolded around them. The pandemic and asso- “bigger than us,”. – Akruti Jena 5BBA ciated disruptions in the society exposed the frailty of 4) Many items can serve as a spiritual anchor. It could human life in the planet earth. be a physical item, such as jewellery or artwork. It could One repeated mistake humanity makes is the over be a poetry or a song. It could also be a form of medita- dependence of forces and objects external to them, tion, such as paying attention to one's breathing. It be it scientific inventions or technological advance- could be a religious sign or object, such as a cross, or a ments, for their happiness and peace. In search of specific prayer for individuals who are religious. It can meaning and purpose, human beings reach out to the be whatever you want it to be. - Shreejee Chaudhary world and its resources. In the process, what one 5BALLB ignores is the greatest source of power within oneself. A human person is much more than body and mind. Caring for Self Human spirit is the most precious and powerful resources humanity possesses. Every religious tradi- Mental Self Care tion speaks about the presence of God within a human being. Reaching out to the spiritual source The body is the temple in which we harbor our spiritual within is the greatest power a person can possess. anchor needs care. Taking care of our mind, body and soul Indian ethos and traditions have placed huge impor- requires time and is an important ritual of Self care. tance to igniting one’s inner strength through various approaches like meditation, yoga and related holistic Caring For Self = Healthy Mind methods. In fact, these are the unique and much treasured contributions of Indian culture to the world. Imagine there is a big wooden closet in front of you If only we can anchor our life with the spirit within, our and it is dusty and covered with muck and cobwebs. life would turn calm and serene however stormy the So, what you do is, you take a cloth and begin wiping outside world might be. One needs to develop the off all the dirt stuck to it from the outside. It seems habit of silencing the noise of senses and the outside clean now, but you realize that there’s still something world to enter the reality of one’s inner world. Staying not right. So, you open the closet and you’re shocked connected to this spiritual anchor would help one to to see stinky, torn clothes, rotten wood and broken be even more effective in the outside world as well. toys from childhood. The real strength and power flows from within! Let us all be anchored in the inner world to realise our real You then realize why you felt what you felt and move potential! on to CLEAN-WIPE-SPONGE-SCRUB-THROW, every- thing you find futile. Fr Arun Antony Academic Co-ordinator CHRIST (Deemed to be University) Pune Lavasa Campus LEAD 2 GIVES DIRECTION CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING & HEALTH SERVICES (CCHS)
LEARN . ENGAGE . APPRECIATE . DEVELOP That sense of satisfaction dawns on you and you are Physical Self Care pretty satisfied with the outcome of your efforts. Now. Imagine that the closet is your body, and you It is important to take time out for ourselves & find bathe, brush your teeth, comb your hair, cut your clarity. The most important relationship is the one we nails, and wear a pair of fresh clothes each day. BUT have with ourselves. Taking a minute from our to-do you miss out on cleaning the interiors i.e. the mind. list for ourselves is probably the lowest priority. Our Your thoughts. Your emotions. Your feelings. You miss bodies are like a garden and the gardener our will. out on segregating which ones are helpful and which Thus we need to take care. are not, which will accelerate your functioning and which will not. Just not that, you forget to invest in Physical self-care is about your self-confidence, self-esteem, self-love, resilience, how well we care for our etc. physical needs & manage Keeping a check on your mental health remains vital our health. to an individual’s overall functioning and while we There are a myriad of ways mention that, Self-introspection is the first step to to take care of oneself. If better self-care. human beings came with a manual, A close track on the nature of thoughts that one possesses, identifying whether those thoughts are here are a few tips that might be in the care guide: really helpful or not, acknowledging whether think- ing patterns are serving the goodness of mental Eat healthy - There is a strong food-mood connection. health, acceptance of change in particular cognitive patterns, modifying methods of problem solving are Get the sleep you need. some steps towards mental health’s self-care. Self-Care of Mental Health seems a luxury that only Move Your Body - Physical activity is healthy for our some can afford but that is a common misconcep- bodies and our minds. It’s a form of self-care that can tion. To bring to your notice, In these testing times…... boost your mood and clear your head. “Self-care of your mental health is basic but signifi- cant to oneself in these testing times.” Meditate - Meditation helps build mental resilience and can help to manage anxiety. Neha Bhavesh Oza Stay Hydrated - Along with full, balanced meals, it’s Counsellor good to drink a lot of water throughout the day. Stay Away from substance addictions or try to strike a healthy balance for it. Check out a good book - Reading fiction improves social-cognitive performance and boosts empathy. Daydream - Letting your mind wander is linked to intelligence and mental health. And, it doesn’t matter what you’re daydreaming about. So don’t feel guilty embrace it Taking care of these basic needs may seem obvious, LEAD 3 GIVES DIRECTION CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING & HEALTH SERVICES (CCHS)
LEARN . ENGAGE . APPRECIATE . DEVELOP but they are incredibly important. We can all make Use affirmations: these small decisions through the day on what we Surround yourself with positive affirmations like “I need to put into our bodies to make us feel good. believe in me” And last but not the least be compassionate with your- Kshipra M self & if needed, speak to a professional. Counsellor And last but not the least be compassionate with yourself & if needed, speak to a professional. Emotional Self Care Ruta Mhapankar Just like you practice physical self-care through bubble baths, manicure pedicure, eating your favou- Counsellor rite dish, you can take care of your emotional aspects as well! It’s more about listening to your thoughts Campus Round-Up and feelings and handling them in a positive & healthy way. Emotional self-care simply means being BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH able to look after your emotional needs, identify them and regulate them. It’s very important to look October 2021 after your emotional health and nurture your feelings. Globally, the month of October is celebrated as Breast Cancer Awareness month. CCHS (Center for Counsel- Now how do we do that? ing and Health Services) at the CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus celebrated Breast Just follow these simple tips: Cancer Awareness through a series of various activi- ties. All the activities were initiated and led by Dr. Be in check with your inner dialogue: Arundhati Chavan with support from CDL team. To We all have that continuous dialogue going inside educate the staff and students about breast cancer, our heads. We need to monitor and see what kind of Dr. Arundhati chavan conducted individual screening thoughts are going on. One trick is to counter the and counseling for more than 40 female staff mem- negative with the opposite. Eg: “I can’t succeed” to “I bers at the campus during the week of 22nd October can succeed” 2021 to 30th October. To honor the breast cancer survi- vors and raise awareness PINK RIBBON DAY was Spend some “me” time: celebrated on 22nd October 2021.this received an Be with yourself and what you’re feeling. Having that overwhelming response from faculty and staff mem- space is important to feel in touch with your core. bers. Establish healthy boundaries: A series of digital posters were displayed to raise Being assertive and saying “no” when you really don’t awareness. Various posters with the importance of want to do something will add to your emotional early detection and other messages were displayed well-being. It will create peace in your mind. across the campus and website. Let the creativity flow: Nothing beats unleashing your creativity. Draw, paint, and make DIY, scribble whenever there’s chaos up there. It helps you vent out and is very therapeutic. Journaling: Pen down about your day, what you felt, How it went etc. LEAD 4 GIVES DIRECTION CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING & HEALTH SERVICES (CCHS)
LEARN . ENGAGE . APPRECIATE . DEVELOP CONNECT OVER COFFEE SMILES THAT ENERGIZE ALL Your Vibes Attract Your Tribe The housekeeping ladies enjoyed their monthly inter- action with CCHS on 14th Oct. from 4.15 to 5.00pm at Connect over Coffee, in it’s fourth consecutive year of the Auditorium in the Management Block. existence, organized a special edition for Faculty and Initiated by CCHS, the session began with an informal Admin staff on the 20th of October at Café Concertto, catching over tea and biscuits. This was followed by a Management block. short talk on First Aid Management by Dr. Arundhati The theme being Find Your Tribe had them enjoying Chauhan. She informed them on what can be done as Conversations over Common interests like Sports, an immediate first aid action for common conditions Travel, Art, Music, Movies and Dance. Every table like – Fever, Acute abdomen pain, giddiness and exchanged their stories while enjoying their coffee common cold. and cookies. The ladies were most excited about dancing to the The Movie tribe collectively felt P K, the Aamir Khan tunes of garba songs, as it was the last day of film was an eye opener with respect to superstition Navaratri. It was indeed a pleasure to see the smiling beliefs and they were inspired by the movie Bahubali faces and the best thing was they all participated, too. shedding their inhibitions aside. The highlight of the evening remained a song perfor- mance from the Music tribe and the Dance tribe took away the prize with their energetic dance perfor- mance on the Rowdy Baby song. A contest testing the creative writing skills of the Expressing their gratitude for the session, some of participants identified two winning sentences that them said, they look forward to this monthly interac- won the prize. tion which rejuvenates them and keeps them going. Smiles that energize and last for a month for these The first prize went to Dr. Arti Agarwal and her hard working ladies of our campus. winning sentence was – You & Me with a cup of coffee – silence is the conversation The second prize was won by Mehak Vohra - An intense, eager conversation can be mellowed with a good cup of coffee. LEAD 5 GIVES DIRECTION CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING & HEALTH SERVICES (CCHS)
LEARN . ENGAGE . APPRECIATE . DEVELOP Creative Corner Stressing over all the petals of the flower That are slowly weathering away. This section features creative work contributed by our students. And that’s when you realise; You can’t hold onto everything. NATSUKASHII Can’t save every petal. Just step into daylight \"Walked in the pub with a fear, And your demons will go. Aware of the bygone memories it might tear, The brightest flames, shine in the darkest Far at the corner I saw my past, rooms; A past I thought would last, Forgotten Visage once filled with giggle And that’s when you realise- marks, You aren’t truly alone, Gallanting and bleathering, Cause your ear still talks to you. With chums of a lifetime, \"What have these teenyboppers got to squan- JACOB, THE NAIVE BOY der \" I thought, When was I ever ready for this, Jacob was a good lad, Brooding without hope, Believes in good but everyone did him bad. About the days that can't be re-lived, And the moments that are now nothing but Though he was little different, little unique memories, All he wanted was some friends and some I left the pub without a drink, Snapchat streaks. For it was solely the company not the booze that I yearned for the most \" He was a flower ready to bloom, but around right people, Aeron Abraham Thomas Accept him, befriend him and he would act as your disciple. 5 BA - LLB One day he met some guys too good in nature, VOICES His pure heart started turning from minor to major. You don’t say it but want someone to hear it No one sees it but you still fear it His happiness has no ends, as he found some No reason to be glad, new friends, Make a good reason to stay in gloom. He was \"too\" available, thinking everyone will stay till the end. Not wanting everything you once wanted; Dreams change, paths turn. LEAD 6 GIVES DIRECTION CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING & HEALTH SERVICES (CCHS)
LEARN . ENGAGE . APPRECIATE . DEVELOP He gave himself to them; money, support, She told him,\" Oh honey, it wasn't your fault. time. You're made of sugar, don't try to be salt. Thinking he was a bumblebee, they were his optimus prime. In the world full of crows, you're my sweet little dove. He did everything he could, to be a helping If you want to win the World, start with self hand. love. Put them on the ground, kept himself inside the sand. True friends are those who respect and accept you, the way you are. His friends were like Sunny days where he If you understand self love, happiness is not was standing in the rain. so far. He kept on adjusting, so that his friends would never complain. Don't let go of your self respect, in order to please others. Time began to change, his friends were no There's nothing wrong with you, You are the longer the same. best.\" said his mother. Every good and bad, right and wrong, Jacob was to blame. PEER PRESSURE: LIVED EXPERIENCE His friends started controlling the decisions of his life. Google defines peer pressure as “When you As if he was standing under a big hanging do something because you want to feel knife. valued by your peer “. If you ask anyone who has gone through a turbulent high school And one day, everyone cut him off. experience most will tell you that peer Making him believe that he was never pressure exists not because we want to be enough. valued but because we don’t want to be ridiculed and humiliated. The most common He was alone again and eyes full of tears. reason to give into peer pressure is the fear of He was scared and surrounded by his past what will happen next if we don’t. The fears. pressure to conform and curb all individual- ism is very high. If even a little bit of unique- He thought he was useless and would never ness manages to shine through it is mostly find another. relentlessly bullied out. As a person with expe- He couldn't control his emotions, so he cried rience of this particular instance I can tell you to his mother. that in school I was picked on once simply because I was the only one with oiled and LEAD 7 GIVES DIRECTION CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING & HEALTH SERVICES (CCHS)
LEARN . ENGAGE . APPRECIATE . DEVELOP plaited hair. I was given the nickname “flush fittest type structure. This has led to many “which classmates (abusers) shouted loudly mental health issues developing in teenagers while pulling my hair. Something as simple as and young adults leaving their lives affected a hairstyle led to years of bullying and forever. I also have to acknowledge that peer ultimately ingrained trauma that has given pressure can have a positive side. If one is in the rise to several insecurities within me. There is company of people that are good in an aspect always that one person like me in every class. of life that we aim to be good at too, it can serve We see them every day and it is for this fear to as motivation to work harder and achieve not be them if we take one step out of line those goals. However this can be achieved only that peer pressure works. I think teenagers with people who are already very headstrong have taken the philosophy of kill or be killed. If and secure in themselves or with the help of you are not “popular” and not “cool” you are proper counselling to the students through the often with my fate. The broken system is at process. The truth is that we see a lot more fault here. Teenage is when most of us think cases of the negative impacts of peer pressure we are now adults but on the inside we are than the positive ones and it is affecting the still riddled with countless insecurities. In the lives of millions of teens out in the world. system no one has ever given the space to be talked about or dealt with in a healthy way Sakshi Bansal and thus manifests itself as this survival of the 3 MA BE CCHS Experience oecaualmanrcpscodhnesan,herorcsitwCaenonhoponenlalypuwinadvoninldehnusfosesaecegnus.sttslpSeesesslii,panvdnofjttceoeuugnihbemrcridsenyp,iuagweerNafsloeseae.npaamnvcadmeiislndleleruiitseeinwctrnyoaedittnteniadtemomghlanrnlaaatSee.oatcagteAowtthmowdtiprmoeieoeteaiannhdssrensctuitaeinda-lofatwnnTlrneicoArseidhuattmarrhepspnatnipinndmawitenraldlorcoedamatearnihtrvvct-faheeihaeadaynslgmrmtueCteyihhcvcaihhptlaaaeeieylhrestirbosmnsieeabfstsossbrthctilsubsaioutkteoaweieyhteTyotbinmrcnnhshwsvlgtdhddeepfpahieaeolicytnaunehnenoarh,adrsmeenedfoaknafvarsdrnunadaielehtndttrdloerehea,ccenesooehxenyvnxpersichsvdnluueaeicrclilsreelnteeeiadteslnnaaadiItnctln.lheyctdtoaEesihshvs. eimpeboneuebfreoceilendircvagmgeelilanirypavpynterpioDidocnrvlrnogeo,id.aaftAeBcroClrhdayuhoswnrairicitidbsieatthoanhllUtautyetntmxtitiichmmveweeeylephrlhessromionet'osypacefeledLtr,rheialcayvalallysa Ever since I've come to Lavasa I have faced many problems that I haven't had the ability to solve and everytime such a situation arises I know where to go to. – CCHS has been of great help in both understanding my problems and giving me solutions for them. Everytime I go for a counselling session I come out with a sense of clarity and have gotten through my issues be it related to school or personal. The counsel- ling sessions have really made me feel that I am not alone in dealing with my problems. Kushagra Himika Sarkar Rehan Das Pratap Singh 2 BBA LLB 2 BBA 1 BSc E&A LEAD 8 GIVES DIRECTION CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING & HEALTH SERVICES (CCHS)
LEARN . ENGAGE . APPRECIATE . DEVELOP Contact us COUNSELLORS Arpita Ghosh, Neha Oza, Kshipra Mathadhikari, Ruta Mhapankar Centre for Counselling and Health Services (CCHS) CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus – ‘The Hub of Analytics’ Christ University Road, 30 Valor Court At Post, Dasve Lavasa, Taluka, Mulshi Pune 412112, Maharashtra. Tel: 1800-123-2009 | Email: [email protected] Web: lavasa.christuniversity.in You Ask, We Answer If you have any queries feel free to reach out and ask at [email protected] LEAD 9 GIVES DIRECTION CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING & HEALTH SERVICES (CCHS)
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