Spotlight on: Elisa Bolton | Healthy UNH

Title: Elisa Bolton

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Division: Psychological and Counseling Providers (PACS)

Position at UNH: Director of PACS

Yr Began at UNH: 2016

What do you do to make a wholesome UNH?

I help a wholesome UNH in a number of methods. I present psychological well being therapy to graduate and undergraduate college students. I present coaching and schooling to school, workers, and college students that’s targeted on selling and supporting emotional well-being. I additionally encourage and help my colleagues in attending to their very own well-being. 

Do you have got any ideas for consuming healthfully?

When speaking about wholesome consuming I are likely to concentrate on the fundamentals: three meals a day with small snacks in between that embody protein, greens, starches, and fruits. When working with college students I make it very clear {that a} concentrate on nourishing your physique is prime to supporting psychological well being and well-being. 

Have you ever made any tangible enhancements relating to your motion or bodily exercise by making optimistic modifications in your life? 

I’ve. Towards the top of this previous winter, I started to make an intentional effort to extend my bodily exercise.  

Do you have got any optimistic phrases of encouragement for members of our viewers who’re feeling fully drained and burnt out from this pandemic?

I might encourage of us to concentrate on self-care, together with bodily train, nourishing your physique, establishing a daily sleep cycle, limiting use of alcohol, and spending time with mates and family members. These actions might be effortful, and they don’t change the stress and pressure of life, however they do make it a lot simpler to endure the challenges. Additionally they make it simpler to benefit from the brighter and lighter moments of life. 

What do you do to enhance your emotional wellness?

I concentrate on self-care. I’ve come to understand that whereas it may be effortful, it may well additionally make an enormous distinction in my emotional wellness.  

What does well being imply to you?

I imagine that well being is a dynamic state of psychological, bodily, and social well-being.

During the last yr, have you ever felt extra snug advocating for your self when receiving healthcare?

I’m not positive if I’m advocating kind of for myself by way of healthcare. Nevertheless, I’ve made clear and constant makes an attempt to maintain myself, my household, mates, and neighborhood secure from COVID by changing into vaccinated and carrying a masks in public and in teams of individuals.