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Resilience, Wellness, and Well-Being Center

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The Resilience, Wellness, and Well-being Center (RWW) is dedicated to creating a culture where the entire Pratt community can flourish and thrive through our focus on connection, engagement, support, and well-being. 

RWW serves as a resource for everyone seeking to improve individual and community resilience, wellness and well-being. We create departmental programs and the cross institute leadership that provides the inspiration and support for existing and new initiatives. Our goal is to be a resource for students, staff, and faculty to check in on their mental health and overall well-being in order to succeed during and after their time at Pratt.

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Becris from The Noun Project

Resilience

Resilience is the measurement of a person’s ability to cope with difficulties and recover from hard circumstances—to navigate adversity and grow through life challenges. You can build resilience by working to recognize your strengths and using mindfulness tools to adapt in times of stress or upheaval.

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Nithinan Tatah from The Noun Project

Wellness

Think of wellness as a journey of acquiring knowledge and shifting behaviors, rather than a state defined by the presence or absence of disease or illness. Wellness includes physical fitness, good sleep habits, healthy living and healthy eating. Further, it includes good interpersonal communication, deep listening, building compassion and empathy.

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Nithinan Tatah from The Noun Project

Well-being

Well-being can be defined as one’s level of contentment with their present life circumstances. It is about judging life through a more positive lens to feel better throughout your day-to-day life. This includes experiencing positive emotions and engagement in and outside of school, developing growth mindsets, practicing mindfulness and contemplative practices and developing meaningful relationships.

APPOINTMENTS

Schedule a 1×1 appointment with staff of the Resilience, Wellness, and Well-being Center through Starfish. We currently offer two types of appointments:

  • Health Coaching with Jasmine Cuffie – Eating well, Sleeping well, Moving well, Living well
  • Resilience and Positive Change with Sam Harvey – Mindfulness and Stress Management, Resilience and Positive Change

We are a campus of thriving students, relentlessly curious, civically engaged, academically and socially supported, and accountable to our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. Need help getting started? Contact us at rww@pratt.edu