Maria Pascucci
Founder of Campus Calm
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Words to Live By:
"If two wrongs don't make a right, try three."
– Author Unknown
Career
Connections:
With Lauren Hasson, The Résumé Girl
Let's talk student stress and careers: I remember that I was stressed
about my future career when I was just a sophomore in high school! It's funny
- looking back, I think to myself, "Why was I so worried about my career at such
a young age?" But at the time this was such a huge worry for me. I thought every
decision I made would significantly affect my future career from grades to activities
to community involvement.
So I have been there and know exactly what kind of stress students are feeling.
But the good news is that I survived the career search process. In fact, I've
made it through several career search processes and learned some very valuable
lessons along the way that I would like to share with students who are worrying
about their career right now.
So, what I tell students who are stressed about their career search is to remember
four things:
1. Stop thinking of a career as a means of "saving your life." A job is not a
life and it cannot make you happy.
2. Stop thinking of your first career search and job as a destination and start
thinking of it as part of a life-long journey. Your first job will more than
likely not be your last so relax about finding the perfect position.
3. Relax about the career choices you will make. Try something and if you don't
like it try something else.
4. Get organized and create an action plan/road map that you will follow. This
really helps when you feel like you have so much to do and very little time to
do it all.
About the Girl
The Résumé Girl has a flair for writing eye-catching résumés and over seven years of experience coaching students
through the school and job application processes. As a Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude graduate of prestigious Duke University,
The Résumé Girl's impressive academic and professional credentials have enticed clients from
all over the United States to enlist her coaching services. Visit www.theresume
girl.com to learn more.
If you have a career-related question, e-mail theresumegirl@
campuscalm.com.
Recommended book:
What do employers want in addition to the degree you earned?
Graduating from college and starting a career is exciting and scary, all at the
same time. You learned a lot in college, but no one class can prepare
you for what employers want you to know.
Based on twenty-five years' experience in the corporate world, Nancy Barry shares
the secrets to success. She will help you meet and exceed your manager's
expectations by revealing behaviors that are critically important in
the workplace.
When Reality Hits is a must-read for recent college graduates who want to be
successful in their careers.
You'll learn:
• What managers want you to know and don't have time to
tell you
• Why your "soft skills" are so important
• How to communicate on a professional level
• Ten things that will drive your boss crazy
• The importance
of building and nurturing relationships
If you're about to graduate from college or have recently graduated, reading
When Reality
Hits will be one of the best investments you've ever made.
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Volume 1 :: Issue 24
Campus Calm Announces the Brand New 2007/2008 Student Success & Happiness
Experts Circle.
The dynamic & diverse individuals you're going to meet
are Campus Calm's friends, mentors and business confidants. We
could not continue to reach students nationwide without their lasting support
and guidance.
What do we all have in common? A passion to help YOU succeed!
Click here to
catch our experts' tips, articles and words of wisdom. Our current experts specialize
in:
• 20 Something Crisis Survival
• Body Image
• Career Planning
• College Planning
• The Recent College Graduate Transition
• Time Management
• Youth Entrepreneurship
Want to join our Experts Circle? Click here for
more information.
Dear students, parents & educators,
Welcome to this
week's issue of Campus Calm Connections.
We'd like to thank you all SO MUCH for subscribing.
We're excited to announce the new Campus
Calm Student Success & Happiness Experts Circle.
Since announcing the program in our last e-zine issue,
we have received many requests to join. We're so thrilled
to announce Christine Hassler as our new 20 Something
Crisis Survival Expert. Christine is the author of 20
Something, 20 Everything: A Quarter-life Woman's Guide
to Balance and Direction. She is also co-authoring the
2008 book Chicken Soup for the Twenty Something Soul.
Click on our brand
new blog to
learn more.
In addition to the awesome experts we just partnered
with, we are looking to bring you expertise in the following
areas:
• Yoga & Guided Imagery for Relaxation
• Nutrition for Stress Management & Proactive Health
• Money Management Advice for Financially-Strapped Students
• Parenting Advice
• Anxiety & Depression Management for Students
• Media Literacy
• Student Retention
• Adult Student Success
We'll keep working to bring you the best info we can!
I was so honored to interview actress Danica McKellar for this week's
feature. I essentially grew up with Danica while watching The
Wonder Years - in case you didn't know, Danica played Winnie Cooper,
Kevin Arnold's childhood sweetheart. My father was a HUGE Wonder
Years fan - when I was in 4th grade, I actually had to beg my parents
for three months to get my hair cut because they loved that Winnie
Cooper look so much. My hair wasn't thin and silky straight like
Winnie's and I looked like a cavewoman. But I digress ... :-)
Danica recently authored
her first book, Math
Doesn't Suck and produced her first Yoga DVD,
Daily Dose
of Dharma. If you're interested in purchasing her Yoga DVD,
she was generous enough to offer a 15% discount on her DVD to Campus
Calm e-zine subscribers through November 1st. 
When you go to the purchase
screen here simply
type in the coupon code CALM15. This coupon is good for all domestic
orders (within the U.S.). Scroll down below for the interview.
If you enjoy reading Campus Calm Connections I
have a favor to ask of you: I am compiling a list of testimonials from
readers to include on my website and I would SO APPRECIATE being able to
include yours! If you like what you've been reading, and you want to
spread the word, drop
me an email. I'd love to hear from you!
*Campus Calm is
teaming up with award-winning author Courtney E. Martin for a fall college
speaking tour. Topic is: How To Stress Less & Ditch Your Inner Perfectionist.
Twenty colleges and two high schools have inquired so far!
Our tour is extending to the Spring & Fall 2008 semesters.
On our tour, Courtney and I will address perfectionism, stress, depression,
anxiety, insomnia and eating disorders on college campuses and discuss how
these issues affect today's college students. Click
here for more information and to add your school. Please forward this announcement
to your friends, teachers and colleagues. Courtney and I are eager to get out
there and spread our message to stressed-out students everywhere!
To your health, happiness & success,
Maria Pascucci,
President & Founder Campus Calm – where students speak out about grades, stress and personal well–being
www.campuscalm.com
E–mail: maria@campuscalm.com
PS: Campus Calm is
on MySpace. If you want to see my pictures and leave me feedback, click
here.
Educators:
If you would like to spread the word about
Campus Calm to
your students, we would greatly appreciate it if you could link to
us from your school's website. You can download our graphic and text-only
banner ads here.
New Campus Calm Podcast: "Talking High School & College Student Stress"
Got
a question?
Shoot us an email and we'll
do our best to get it answered. We'll pick one question each issue
to answer right here in our e-zine & podcast.
A new podcast will air next week. Click here for our podcast library.
Feature Article
Danica McKellar Dishes About Yoga, Glam Girl Brainpower and why Math DOESN'T Suck
By: Maria Pascucci
Campus Calm had
the opportunity to speak with actress Danica McKellar about yoga, glam
girl brainpower and why math (most certainly) doesn't suck. Best known
for her roles on The Wonder Years and The West Wing, Danica McKellar is
also an internationally-recognized mathematician and advocate for math
education. She wrote MATH DOESN'T SUCK, to rip the lid off the myth that
math "sucks," helping to show that math can be easy, relevant,
and even glamorous-while providing the tools needed to ace the next big
math test!
A summa cum laude graduate of UCLA with a degree in Mathematics, Danica has been
honored in Britain's esteemed Journal of Physics and the New York Times
for her work in mathematics, most notably for her role as co-author of
a ground-breaking mathematical physics theorem which bears her name (The
Chayes-McKellar-Winn Theorem).
Danica also recently teamed up with her mother Mahaila McKellar, a certified
meditation instructor, to produce Daily Dose of Dharma, a two-disc yoga
and meditation DVD.
Campus Calm: Why
did you write your book MATH DOESN'T SUCK?
Danica: Because I love math and I'm passionate about helping girls to not be
afraid of math.
Campus Calm: Even
if you don't "get" math right away why is the reward worth
the effort and struggle to understand it?
Danica: Math comes up a lot in every day life and I go through a lot of those
examples in the book. Beyond that, there's something to be gained from thinking
that you can't do something, struggling with it and then overcoming that challenge
and succeeding. That kind of confidence that you get from going through that,
I think is more valuable than any particular subject. It's a tool that girls
will find will serve them in terms of the young women they will become. They
need to know that they can handle challenges and that they don't back down and
shy away from them.
Click
here to read the rest of this exclusive feature article.
© 2007 Maria L. Pascucci / Campus Calm
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The Résumé Girl and Campus Calm are
working on recording the second cd in our new 5-part audio cd series called: How
to Stop Stressing, Lead a Self Focused Career Search & Unlock the Career
of YOUR Dreams. The second cd will cover how to take full
advantage of your campus career center & alumni office. If you have any
questions you'd like answered in this cd, let
us know!
The audio series will be released this fall along with a print manual
that will lead you step by step toward career & life satisfaction ... with
tips to soothe stress along the way. *The Résumé Girl
is an experienced career coach who has helped students nationwide through
the school and job application processes.
Here's a sneak peak at the product package:
CD 1: Dealing with the Stress of your Career Search and External Decision Factors
CD 2: How to Take Full Advantage of Your Campus Career Center and Alumni Office
CD 3: The Freshman to Senior-Year College Checklist and How to turn Post Graduation Panic into Action
CD 4: How to Stress Less About Choosing and Changing Your Major
CD 5: Bonus for the Parents: How to Help My Stressed Out Student Explore Careers Without Coming Across As a Nag!
Email us to learn how you can
reserve your copy of this audio cd & print manual package in advance.
Calming Down Changed My Life
My name is Maria Pascucci and I am the president and founder of Campus Calm.
I am a full–time writer and entrepreneur who discovered the
joy of creating my own success when I stopped trying to prove to the
world that I was the best. Allow me to explain. A perfectionist throughout
my college years, I'd rather skip an assignment than risk turning in
a less–than–perfect paper. After four years of denying
myself happiness to strive for perfection, I graduated with a 3.92
GPA. Then I fell into a depression. I never once congratulated myself
for graduating from college because all I could think about was the
next task of trying to prove myself in the real world.
Somewhere along the way in the past five years since graduation, I ditched
my need to be perfect and began focusing on what I wanted, not what my family,
friends and acquaintances in the supermarket thought I should want. Guess
what – it was the most liberating thing I've ever done – and it paved the way for
the success I enjoy today. My only regret is that I can't go back and help
the stressed out student that I was once. But I can help all you fellow high–achieving
students. I've made it my mission to do just that!
Questions & comments – Please email me at the address below. I'm thrilled to hear from you!
Maria Pascucci,
President & Founder
Campus Calm – where students speak out
about grades, stress and personal well–being
www.campuscalm.com
E–mail: maria@campuscalm.com
Phone: 716–510–4402
372 Aurora Street
Lancaster, New York 14086
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