Category: Relationships & Family
Faculty to Faculty Advice – Childcare During COVID Times
May 21, 2020
Drs. Jiri Hulcr and Andrea Lucky are used to the balancing act, working as UF faculty and parenting their two young children. Recently, they’ve been tasked with one of the biggest challenges that has come with the lockdown: full-time at home ... READ MORE
Category: , Home Management, Relationships & Family, Work & LifeTags: Advice, Childcare, Children, Covid-19, Faculty, Family Health, UF-IFAS
Helping youth cope with COVID-19 stress
May 19, 2020
We are coping with difficult times You and your family may be experiencing anxiety, fear and stress about COVID-19. We are living with a lot of uncertainty. Stress is very normal during these challenging times, but coping with stress will improve ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Camp, Relationships & FamilyTags: Activities, Family, Stress, Stress Management, Ways To Manage Stress
Feeling Burned Out?
May 18, 2020
Steps You Can Take to Identify (and fix) Burn-out Is work getting you down? Are you an essential worker? Has your workplace closed or are you working from home? Dealing with COVID-19, most of us are increasingly anxious, frustrated and fearful. ... READ MORE
Category: Money Matters, Professional Development, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & LifeTags: Covid-19, Stress, Work From Home, Work Life Balance
Mindful Breathing
May 15, 2020
Youth can practice mindfulness the same way as adults. However, hey, let's admit, not all of us have the same attention span. Sometimes it needs to be shorter and maybe even more engaging to trap your attention for a longer period of time. The ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Camp, Clubs & Volunteers, Curriculum, Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family, , Work & LifeTags: 4-H, Breathing, Mindful, Mindfulness, Youth Development
We’re Still Here for You!
May 15, 2020
A lot of people tend to wonder that if the rest of the world is shut down while COVID-19 is coming through our areas, what is it that Extension is doing? We are educators and we are a huge support to the agriculture industry. And we fall ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Agribusiness, Agriculture, Camp, Clubs & Volunteers, Community Volunteers, Conservation, Crops, Curriculum, Disaster Preparation, Events, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Food Safety, Forests, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Livestock, Money Matters, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Recreation, Relationships & Family, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension, , Water, Wildlife, Work & LifeTags: Available Classes, Available Programming, Consultations, Covid-19, Covid19, Outreach, Reporting, Social Media
Mindful Eating
May 15, 2020
If you're anything like the rest of the world, right now, you are probably sitting around at home and could be just throwing everything you see in your mouth! Wow, at the amount of food people are consuming as almost a coping mechanism to make ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Clubs & Volunteers, Curriculum, Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family, , Work & LifeTags: 4-H, Healthy Eating, Mindful, Mindfulness, Youth Development
Using Zoom in our New Digital World
May 15, 2020
Most Extension Professionals across the nation have been using Zoom for years now. But even we had to learn new things during this pandemic. There are a few basics that you need to know when it comes to using Zoom for our meetings. Creating ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Agribusiness, Agriculture, Camp, Clubs & Volunteers, Coasts & Marine, Community Volunteers, Conservation, Crops, Curriculum, Disaster Preparation, Events, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Food Safety, Forests, Fruits & Vegetables, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Livestock, Money Matters, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Recreation, Relationships & Family, SFYL Hot Topic, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching, , Water, Wildlife, Work & LifeTags: Covid-19, Covid19, How To, Meetings, Virtual Meetings, Zoom
Finding an Anchor
May 14, 2020
It’s hard for people to focus when they try to practice mindfulness. I know I get lost in my memories, start thinking of things that will happen tomorrow or well even in the next 15 minutes, and I certainly struggle with focusing on just being ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Camp, Clubs & Volunteers, Curriculum, Relationships & Family, , Work & LifeTags: 4-H, Anchor, Breathing, Listening, Mindful, Mindfulness, Youth Development