Habit Hacks: transform your mental and physical health

When he was 16 years old, Greg Denning was living on the streets. Now, he’s traveled to over 50 countries with his wife and seven kids, is running a successful life coaching business and has changed the lives of teens and adults worldwide.

He said this: “Tell me your habits, and I will tell you your future.”

From the moment you step into your apartment this semester, you are forging a new life. The habits you make now will impact you for years to come. On a smaller scale, they will massively impact your mental and emotional health this semester.

Thankfully, BYU-I and the city of Rexburg offer lots of help to get you on a healthy track.

Physical

1. The Fitness Center has access to gym equipment, playing courts, an indoor track and outdoor facilities. If you have a valid ID card and $35, you can get access to a personal trainer for six weeks.
2. The Student Health Center provides on-campus health care, checkups, mission physicals, vaccinations and more.
3. The Campus Recreation Center offers access to intramural and team sports, the Fit4Life program and wellness workshops.

1. Fit4Life is a program where students can meet with a Wellness Coach to help them make and achieve health goals.
2. The Rexburg Free Clinic offers free health care including physical therapy, dietitians, medications and more.
3. The Outdoor Resource Center offers outdoor equipment rental such as skis, rafts and hammocks.
4. The Hart building has an Equipment Rental room to provide anything you may need, including rental clothing.
5. In the spring and summer especially, BYU-I hosts many outdoor activities like horseback riding, river rafting and frisbee golf.

BYU-I Date Night during the spring semester hosted a variety of fun activities Photo Credit: Chester Chan

1. The Hart Pool is a six-lane, 25-yard pool that hosts classes, team and open swim. Make sure to view their schedule before showing up. To sign in, go to the Hart Equipment Room and they’ll give you a stamp to grant you access to the pool. Otherwise, the lifeguards will ask you to go back and check-in.

Mental

1. The Counseling Center, located in the Student Health Center, provides free services to currently enrolled students taking more than six credits. They have support groups, workshops, medication management, the H.O.P.E council and more. You can look at their website or call in advance to learn more or make an appointment.
2. Peer mentors are students who have been successful here and know the “in’s and out’s” of college life. They can support you, answer your questions and help you with social and academic struggles.
3. Thrive is a nine-week program hosted by the Wellness Center that helps students work through anxiety and depression by experiencing belonging and learning and by practicing coping mechanisms and altering health habits.
4. QPR is a workshop that teaches students and faculty to recognize early warning signs of suicidal behavior and to know how to respond.
5. The Rexburg Free Clinic also offers mental health care.
6. The Center for Hope provides recovery advocacy and mental health support for the community.

1. The Family Crisis Center on Main Street provides advocacy and support for survivors of abuse, assault and domestic violence.

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