By Chuck Green Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools Resource toolkit enables Nebraska Extension personnel to Reach Out for Wellness As frontline caregiving professionals, Nebraska Extension professionals provide vital assistance to communities during the state’s disaster response and recovery efforts, and offer a lifeline for many struggling to cope during times…
Extension professionals are often called upon to help communities when unexpected events occur. In the United States, Extension systems are a lifeline for rural farming and ranching communities that often lack resources to recover from disasters and manage the sudden increase in stress associated with significant personal, material and financial losses. Exposure to such trauma…
By Kayla Hinrichs, Lead Educator Nebraska Extension What do you do with your time? How is it that some people can get so much done and accomplished? The great news is that all of us, no matter who we are, have the same 24 hours per day. How can we best manage that 24 hours…
By Chuck Green Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools Exploring ways to help those who help others in the wake of natural disasters In March 2019, 81 of Nebraska’s 93 counties were declared states of emergency due to significant flooding and blizzards. Nebraska Extension provided vital assistance to communities during the state’s disaster…
By Susan Harris, Educator, Rural Health, Wellness, and Safety Nebraska Extension Prioritizing sleep for better health How much sleep did you get last night? Depending on where you live, there is about a 30-40% chance you slept less than seven hours — not enough time for your body to recharge all of its parts. The…
By Susan Harris, Educator, Rural Health, Wellness and Safety Nebraska Extension Acknowledging stress and finding healthy ways to cope At some point in our lives, we all experience the type of stress that is almost unbearable. It consumes us, eating us alive and spitting us out into a new version of ourselves. A pandemic can…
