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Hello and welcome to the MTU Wellbeing Podcast. In this podcast we hear conversations from people inside and outside MTU who share their "golden nuggets" on health and wellbeing for students, their healthy lifestyle hacks, and provide sound and reliable advice for you the student. The aim of this podcast is to inform,inspire,empower and motivate you to make better decisions for your health and wellbeing as you journey through MTU.This podcast is funded as part of MTU’s ‘Strategic Alignment of Teaching and Learning Enhancement 2020’ funding from the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, coordinated by the Teaching and Learning Unit

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A Postgraduate Perspective with Johanna Forde

January 03, 2022 • Thomas Broderick • Season 1 • Episode 3

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On today's episode I talk to Masters student in MTU, Johanna Forde. We discuss how she balances the college, work and life commitments, how she manages feedback from lecturers and Johanna highlights how she prioritizes wellbeing by doing what works for her. Johanna is our 1st student on the podcast so delighted to have the opportunity to talk to her about her journey in MTU.

Time Stamps:
Time Management 3 min 45 secs
How emails are open to interpretation
Dealing with feedback from supervisors: its about the work and not you- 6 mins
Balance of college work and other - 13mins 10 secs
How Johanna keeps the balance - 15 mins 0 secs
Prioritizing Wellbeing - 15 mins 40 secs
Practical things that might work for you - 19 mins 10 secs
- we discuss movement breaks, walking, meditation, house work, food that we eat
Take home nuggets - 22 mins 35 secs
Personal Wellness and Resilience module - 23 mins

Links:
Website/App that Johanna Uses for Meditation:
https://www.ilivethelifeilove.com/

Student Support Services in MTU:
https://www.cit.ie/studentlife.studentsupportservices

Wellness and Resilience Module discussed:
https://courses.cit.ie/index.cfm/page/module/moduleId/14508