Entrepreneurship Mental Health Session #2

Session #2 How do you experience stress?
The purpose of this session will be to discuss stress and sleep. Participants will leave the session understanding the importance of managing both of these areas of their lives and an understanding of how to employ best practices day-to-day. They will be encouraged to identify what their unique indicators of stress are and brainstorm coping strategies for how to deal with it when it arises.  


Participants will also understand not only what mindfulness is and why it is important but how to practice it in their daily lives. Participants will have the opportunity to practice different forms of meditation and breathing, so that they can choose what is best for them.

This session will be lead by Sarena Martinez. Sarena Martinez is a 2017 Venture for America fellow and serves the Manager of Special Projects in the new Department of Innovation and Economic Opportunity at the City of Birmingham. Sarena graduated from Vanderbilt in 2016 with a Bachelor's in Psychology and French. Throughout her undergraduate career, she spent time focused on improving the mental health of students and helped launch the Vanderbilt University Chapter of Active Minds.