Just Keep Swimming! The Importance of Mental Health in the Financial Aid Profession

Constantly changing regulations, questions from students and families, school administration demands, staff morale – how do we juggle all of these often competing demands and maintain our commitment to ourselves? We hear much about devoting proper attention to our physical health during times of stress; what about attending to our mental health during especially busy times? These presenters will describe how life got suddenly interrupted by a major depression from too many competing life demands and how they have transformed through lessons of recovery that guide them on a new and improved life journey.