Rescue Me
I've seen incredible intelligence, creativity, potential, and resilience, but I've also seen how quickly students can lose their footing.
Maybe you started strong and feel completely behind.
Maybe you're exhausted, overwhelmed, questioning your program, and wondering if you even belong there anymore.
Maybe the stress has turned into self-doubt, self criticism, procrastination, and the quiet feeling the quitting might just be easier.
If that sounds familiar, this guide is for you.
Rescue Me was created to help students stop the spiral, regroup, and begin again.
This is not about perfection.
It's about recovery.
Recovery from burn out, overwhelm, panic, shame, and the fear that you're too far behind to come back.
You're not.
This guide will help you:
- get out of spiral mode and back into balance
- rebuild confidence, structure and momentum,
- manage stress, emotions and negative self talk,
- create a realistic recovery plan for the next seven days,
- learn what to tackle first and what can wait,
- reach out for support from professors, advisers and TAs
- reconnect with your purpose and remember why you started,
- create accountability and celebrate small wins that build real progress
You'll learn how to clean up the chaos, organize your space and schedule, focus on what's salvageable, and stop letting your thoughts convince you that struggling means failing.
Because your mind set shapes your momentum.
You do not need to start over.
You just need to start again.
Rescue Me
Your guide to getting back on track.. Not quitting.
Testimonial
“I wanted to send you a note to genuinely say thank you. These past couple of days of transition have proven to be quite difficult and made me feel hopeless. Your support however truly made me feel like I am exactly where I am supposed to be. You (so lovingly) proved that this path was meant to be, and my journey is only beginning. From the bottom of my heart thank you. You have already made such a profound impact on me.”
— Gracie
Student transitioning to post-secondary school
“Professor Deanna is probably one of the only professors whose lectures I can recall when I was in her university classes because they all had a dose of inspiration. When I was assigned to have a guest speaker come to the Ontario Veterinary College, I immediately knew that she was the one I had to get in contact with. She taught (us) how to use every single day as a way to build ourselves from the ground up, and work our way to the top using the concept of resilience. She taught us that without hardships, we would likely not be able to learn all the necessary skills of overcoming adversities which are highly indicative of a person’s character and paves the way to the greatest moments of one’s life. She taught us that it is important to embrace the negatives in order to achieve the positives, which is a concept not usually discussed. She also supports the development of resiliency, and that it is a skill that one can develop over time. With mental health and well-being at the forefront of today’s society, her message is of utmost importance.”
— Harleen Taggar
Graduate & research program service attendant, Ontario Veterinary College
