221. Your Emotional Toolkit for Academic Stress - with Dr Jennifer Veilleux

Many of the students and scholars I speak to struggle with stress, anxiety and overwhelming emotions: about exams, assignments, academic pressure or feeling behind. So today we're chatting with Dr Jennifer Veilleux, clinical therapist and Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Arkansas. Dr Jenn explains all her key practical strategies, rooted in scientific research, that can make up an effective emotional toolkit for students. We explore how acknowledging, understanding and regulating your feelings can improve your mental health, your exam performance and your enjoyment of academic life at school or university. Listen in to discover when to listen to your feelings, when to calm them, and how to stop anxiety and procrastination from running the show. 👇Your post-listening task: leave a comment and tell us which of Jenn’s strategies you think will help you in your studies today. *** ⭐About today’s guest, Dr Jennifer Veilleux: 📖 Find her book, Open to Emotion: How Acknowledging, Understanding, and Regulating Your Feelings Can Improve Your Mental Health here: 🌐Discover more: 📱Explore Dr Jenn’s recommended app How We Feel , here: *** 🎓About Exam Study Expert: Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less work and less stress. 🎯 Book 1:1 COACHING to supercharge your exam success: 📘Get Outsmart Your Exams, my award-winning exam technique book: * ** Podcast edited by Kerri Edinburgh. * As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases on suggested books. Questions? Comments? Requests? Or just want to say "thanks" - send me a text message (I read them all!).

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221. Your Emotional Toolkit for Academic Stress - with Dr Jennifer Veilleux is an episode from Exam Study Expert: ace your exams with the science of learning by William Wadsworth.

This episode is 51:38 long.

This episode was published on Mar 22, 2026.

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