Testimonials

Discover the student experience with the Thriving at Brescia program.

“This program has helped me realize that sometimes taking walks, going for a run can have such a big impact on a person’s daily life and mood. This program not only helped me physically and mentally but also helped me learn strategies on how to study which helped my marks by a LOT. This program has definitely made me a better student but also a bold leader, it has helped me realize that I get to learn so much from my classmates.”

 

“After the completion of this program, thriving has a completely different meaning to me! I feel totally prepared and equipped to handle and succeed in the many ups and downs being a student athlete at Brescia can throw at you. Not only have I developed a better understanding of what thriving truly means, I also have extremely helpful and versatile skills and tools to add to my tool box on adapting to challenges a university student might face. I am confident these skills and experiences are ones that will be useful and beneficial for my time as both a student at Brescia, and an athlete at Western. Before this course, I knew what thriving was, but know I know how to thrive in my own life. Taking this course was a fond experience and correlates to improvements both in the classroom and on the ice. This course was one of the best things I could have done for myself!” – TAB 2020-2021 student – TAB 2020-2021 student

“This program has taught me and realized that to take time and to really learn about the values and lessons that were brought to me. For example, I learned that self-compassion was one thing that I used to help better myself because there were times where I was confused and lost within some school assignments. The values I have learned managed my stress and anxiety and taught me to sometimes take a break, take a breath, and relax for a bit so my mind isn’t always worrying about certain tasks too much. I wanted to create and start somewhere to help build values such as confidence and self-awareness and this program has not only taught me that but also has made me observe that I would become a bold leader for tomorrow’s future success one day. Learning to thrive during my time in this program is an understatement because I have experienced and learned more than what I expected. Thriving, confidence, self-compassion was only a few of them to name out of many but they were one of my personal favourite and I believe is what helped me overcome barriers which were anxiety and stress during these times of a pandemic.”- TAB 2020-2021 student