Wellness Education Week 2023
The Stories We Hold, Become the Stories We Tell
This year we have a theme, “A moment. A unique threshold of time. Time compiled into memories, memories that ground stories, and stories that become us. Throughout our lives, we live through experiences. They celebrate us through our identity, and they can illustrate the trajectory of our lives or even explain how everything fell into place. These are the stories we hold.
Whether you tell your story through words, dance, or art.
Your very presence in this world, and your story is uniquely yours to share, an inspiration, and a reminder that you matter and are deserving.
Please join HCAB in Wellness Education Week 2023 through a keynote event, workshop series, and activities that illustrate how the stories we hold can also become the stories we tell.”
Keynote Speaker
Monday, April 10th, 2023
7:30-8:30PM
Great Hall, Old Library
Q&A, Refreshments to follow. Open to the Tri-co.
Maya Shanbhag Lang, Author Of What We Carry
Joan Didion said that we tell stories in order to live. If stories are a coping mechanism, an attempt at organizing the self, how do we change our stories over time? How do we know if they're accurate? What happens when our Maya Shanbhag Lang, Author Of What We Carry narratives shift, creating tension with those around us, especially our families? This talk will explore how our stories hold power over us—and how we can revise them.
Maya Shanbhag Lang is the author of What We Carry, named a New York Times Editors’ Choice, a “Good Morning America” Mother's Day pick, and a Must-Read/Best of 2020 Memoir by Bustle, BookRiot, Parade, Times of India, and others. She is also the author of The Sixteenth of June, long listed for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and named a Must-Read Novel by CBS and InStyle. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Review of Books, and others. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature, received the Neil Shepard Prize in Fiction, and is the daughter of South Asian immigrants.
WEW 2023 Schedule
Monday April 10, 2023:
12:10-1pm: Great Hall, Old Library
Yoga Class for Graduate Students
7:30-8:30pm: Great Hall, Old Library
Keynote with Maya Shanbhag Lang
Tuesday April 11, 2023:
1pm: Park 255/Zoom
Healthcare Transportation Club Information Session
1-3pm: The Well Patio
Recess with Pensby
2:15-3pm: The Well Community Room 173
Mudras for Meditation and Daily Life
4-5pm: The Well 173
Hospice Club Letter Writing
7pm: Dalton 300
Accommodations and Accessibility Guide for Bryn Mawr Community
Wednesday April 12 2023:
4-6pm: Pem Arch
Grow Through What You Go Through Tabling
7-8pm: Dalton 300
ASA de-stressor
Thursday April 13 2023:
4-6pm: Senior Row
Staff/Faculty Appreciation Event
4-5pm: Taylor Hall B
Reproductive Readiness Workshop
8-9pm: The Lusty Cup
Knitting/Crocheting De-stressor
Friday April 14 2023:
10am: Park Science 338
First Aid & CPR Training
3-4pm: Dalton 119
Trans/Nonbinary Healthcare (Navigating Medicine as a Marginalized Identity)
4-6pm: The Well Kitchen
DIY Body Scrub Hangout
Saturday April 15 2023:
11am-1pm: Arnecliffe Studio
Bookbinding Workshop
Sunday April 16 2023:
12-2pm: Campus Center Atrium
The Disruptors - Documentary on ADHD
3-5pm: Canaday Library Writing Center
Zine Making De-stressor