e-tool Gezondeboel

'Being a student is more than studying'

Challenges and setbacks are part of life, and therefore also of student life. What you experience as challenging and how you respond to it is personal. It is important that you can deal with challenges or learn how to deal with them. You can develop yourself further in this area.

The e-tool Gezondeboel offers a variety of specific online programmes. These match the developmental needs of students and PhD candidates. Think about themes such as stress, balance, making choices, planning, procrastination, fear of failure, perfectionism, feelings of loneliness, living in a different culture and more.

You can use Gezondeboel as a self-help tool to strengthen your mental resilience. Everyone can benefit from Gezondeboel's online programmes and achieve quick wins. Follow a programme that suits you. At your own pace, at a time that suits you. You can also do this via your phone or tablet. You can follow as many programmes as you like. Free of charge and anonymously.

What is Gezondeboel? What's in it for me?

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Mental skills

With Gezondeboel's online programmes you can develop the mental skills that help you cope with challenges. With these skills, you can influence how you think about things and how you feel about them. They help you (continue to) feel good and thus contribute to your mental health.

Get started with the e-tool Gezondeboel

You will be directed to the dashboard of Gezondeboel. On the dashboard, click the ‘Programme overview’ button at the bottom. Search for a specific programme you want to follow. Add this programme to your personal Gezondeboel care plan.

→ The language settings are automatically adapted to your Net-ID language settings. Do you still see a Dutch dashboard? Then you can change your language preference to English by clicking on the green settings icon in the left side and selecting ‘instellingen' (settings) - ‘voorkeuren' (preferences) - ‘English’.

Gezondeboel online programmes:

Which programmes are available and which quick wins can I get out of them?

Do you struggle with balancing between the expectations of two different cultures?

Get started with the ‘living in a different culture’ programme for quick wins below:

dealing with homesickness
dealing with different cultural expectations
speaking about topics that might be a taboo in a specific culture (such as mental illnesses)
understanding the difference between 'we' and 'me' cultures

Do you feel stressed?

Get started with the programme ‘stressless’ for the following quick wins:

overlooking causes and signals of stress (stress management)
taking good care of yourself in the fundamentals (nutrition, physical activity, sleep)
managing stress with regards to your social environment (saying no, asking for help, making time for your social environment)
managing busyness by prioritising better
incorporating moments of relaxation (‘just doing nothing‘)

Are you hard on yourself (e.g. due to perfectionism)?

Get started with the programme ‘self-compassion: kinder to yourself' for the following quick wins:

gaining insight into yourself and the critical attitude towards yourself
exploring and developing your compassionate inner voice
recognising your critical inner voice
emphasising your strengths and values
approaching difficult emotions and situations with self-compassion

Do you struggle with procrastination and/or a lack of overview?

Get started with the programme ‘scheduling and structure’ for the following quick wins:

easier prioritisation
reducing procrastination
creating a good schedule and keeping it up to date
creating a good visual overview
remembering only the essentials

Do you think that your way of studying does not work well?

Get started with the programme ‘study strategies’ for the following quick wins:

understanding learning processes and the functioning of memory
memorising and retrieving knowledge more easily and quickly
distinguishing between global and in-depth learning
insights into which skills you can broaden to get more out of your studies

Do you struggle with fear of failure?

Get started with the programme ‘fear of failure’ for the following quick wins:

knowing what fear of failure is
understanding how fear of failure works
knowing and understanding which situations trigger nervousness
finding out how to reduce fear of failure
not letting fear of failure stand in your way

Are you worrying?

Get started with the programme ‘worrying’ for the following quick wins:

knowing what worrying is
gaining insight into your process of worrying
solution-oriented thinking
recognising cognitive biases
challenging solvable worries
accepting and letting go of insoluble worries

Do you feel out of balance?

Get started with the programme ‘balance’ for the following quick wins:

determining things that give and cost you energy
balancing things that give and cost you energy
more insight into reality: what do you have and do you not have influence on
creating balance through relaxation, time management and setting boundaries
insight into the values that are important to you

Do you feel overactive and/or inattentive?

Get started with the programme ‘overactive and inattentive' for the following quick wins:

filtering and prioritising better
dealing with overactive and inattentive behaviour
exploring the causes of overactive and inattentive behaviour
dealing better with emotions that are associated with overactive and inattentive behaviour

Do you experience decision stress?

Get started with the programme ‘stop decision stress’ for the following quick wins:

knowing what decision stress is
reducing decision stress
applying a decision-making method for difficult situations
making decisions that suit you

Do you sometimes feel exhausted and/or drained?

Get started with the programme ‘lifestyle’ for the following quick wins:

better insight into your current lifestyle and what effect this has on your physical and mental health and well-being
distinguishing between ‘(work)load’ and ‘(work)load capacity’
increasing your ‘(work)load capacity’
improving nutrition, exercise and sleep
doing activities that give you energy
developing and sticking to a personal lifestyle plan

Do you sometimes feel lonely?

Get started with the programme ‘loneliness’ for the following quick wins:

broadening your social skills
connecting with others more easily
being able to feel connected with your environment
applying helpful thoughts
stopping negative thoughts

Do you have limited handle on your social media/phone use and/or do you experience FOMO?

Get started with the programme ‘too much social media’ for the following quick wins:

knowing what too much social media and phone use looks like
being able to oversee the negative consequences of using your social media and phone (such as feeling restless and/ or insecure)
reducing social media and phone use
decreasing ‘fear of missing out’ (FOMO)
improving your sleep by adjusting your phone use
seeing the difference between what is real and not real on social media

Are you looking for ways to say no, ask for help or communicate appropriately in conflicts?

Get started with the programme ‘communication’ for the following quick wins:

insight into your way of communicating
knowing how to communicate a message (well)
understanding which factors influence the reception of a message
expressing your boundaries
feeling more comfortable asking for help
communicating in an appropriate way in case of an argument or a conflict