{"id":594,"date":"2021-05-19T11:35:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T16:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alumni-association\/?p=594"},"modified":"2023-06-13T08:37:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T13:37:17","slug":"self-care-maintaining-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/alumni-association\/self-care-maintaining-balance\/","title":{"rendered":"Self Care &amp; Maintaining Balance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and we know things have been especially difficult over the last year. On this week\u2019s Connections Project Blog,\u00a0Tunisia Ellis Penta, Clinical Perfusion \u201902 shares how she prioritizes her self-care, both mentally and physically,\u00a0in order to maintain balance in her life.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tunisia Ellis Penta Shares Her Self Care Routine\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jVLpM9eckEk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are struggling with your mental health, you are not alone. 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