Universities | Bryan Turkel

From Insight to Action for Student Success

Experiential workshops that help students build resilience, live with purpose, and overcome perfectionism—equipping them with the tools to thrive in school and after graduation.

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The Challenges Schools Face

Anxiety, depression, and burnout among students are at record highs.

Why existing support falls short:

Struggling in isolation

Even when students get in the door, the model can feel isolating, reinforcing the idea that they're the only ones struggling while everyone else is thriving.

Information, no application

Pamphlets, emails, and information sessions raise visibility but don't give students practical tools they can apply when stress and comparison hit.

Why Bridge Labs Work

Shared, interactive learning

Students see they're not alone, building connection as they build skills.

Practice, not pamphlets

Instead of passive info, students rehearse stress regulation, adaptability, and healthier striving in real time so they can apply it when it counts.

The Challenges Schools Face

Anxiety, depression, and burnout among students are at record highs.

Why existing support falls short:

Struggling in isolation

Even when students get in the door, the model can feel isolating, reinforcing the idea that they’re the only ones struggling while everyone else is thriving.

Information, no application

Pamphlets, emails, and information sessions raise visibility but don’t give students practical tools they can apply when stress and comparison hit.

Why Bridge Labs Works

Shared, interactive learning

Students see they’re not alone, building connection as they build skills

Practice, not pamphlets

Instead of passive info, students rehearse stress regulation, adaptability, and healthier striving in real time—so they can apply it when it counts.

Our Workshop Solutions

The Adaptability Lab

The Challenge

College students are facing record levels of stress and anxiety. Academic pressure, social isolation, and constant uncertainty make it difficult to stay balanced. Without tools to manage these challenges, students risk burnout, disengagement, and negative impacts on both their wellbeing and their academic performance.

The Solution

The Adaptability Lab teaches students practical strategies to handle stress, adapt to change, and stay steady under pressure. In this workshop, participants learn how to:

Adapt to uncertainty and build the mental agility to move through setbacks with confidence
Regulate stress and expand capacity to stay focused and effective during high-pressure moments
Recover more quickly from challenges so they can maintain energy, balance, and wellbeing throughout the semester

The Outcomes

Greater resilience: Students bounce back faster from setbacks and better manage stress and anxiety
Improved academic performance: Better regulation leads to sharper focus, clearer thinking, and stronger results
Reduced burnout risk: By balancing demands with resilience skills, students maintain energy and engagement over time

The Alignment Lab

The Challenge

Today’s students are more anxious, depressed, and disillusioned than ever. Conditioned by social media and societal pressure to live a highlight-reel life, many expect college to feel non-stop exciting or transformative. When real life is harder, more ordinary, or less glamorous, they feel like something is wrong with them—or that they’re missing out. This gap between expectation and reality fuels stress, dissatisfaction, and even dropout risk.

The Solution

The Alignment Lab helps students reset expectations and reconnect with what brings genuine meaning. Through values exploration and perspective-shifting exercises, students learn to:

Clarify personal values and use them as a compass for decisions and priorities
Reframe challenges and ordinary experiences as opportunities for growth and connection
Anchor wellbeing in purpose and meaning, rather than external validation or comparison

The Outcomes

Greater life satisfaction: Students who align their actions with personal values report higher wellbeing and lower rates of depression and anxiety
Reduced dropout risk: Students who feel purposeful and connected are more likely to stay in school and persist through challenges
Improved resilience: By creating healthier perspectives, students are better able to manage stress without losing motivation

The Perfectionist Lab

The Challenge

Today’s students are under more pressure than ever to be flawless. Social media creates a constant cycle of comparison, while academic and family expectations reinforce the idea that perfection is attainable if you just try hard enough. The result is paralyzing stress: students who feel like nothing is ever good enough, who catastrophize mistakes, and who freeze under the weight of impossibly high standards. Research shows socially prescribed perfectionism is rising at alarming rates, and it is strongly linked to anxiety, depression, loneliness, and even increased dropout risk.

The Solution

The Perfectionist Lab helps students break free from the trap of flawless performance and replace it with healthy striving, resilience, and self-trust. Through experiential learning and perspective-shifting exercises, participants will learn how to:

Recognize and challenge perfectionistic thinking patterns fueled by comparison and external pressure
Shift from “getting it right” to “getting it done”—building momentum instead of paralysis
Develop healthier relationships with mistakes and setbacks, seeing them as opportunities for learning and growth

The Outcomes

Reduced anxiety and depression: Students who loosen perfectionistic standards experience measurable improvements in mental health
Improved academic performance: By lowering paralysis and fear of failure, students take action and sustain progress
Stronger resilience: Students learn to recover quickly from mistakes without collapsing into shame
Increased belonging and wellbeing: Moving beyond perfectionism fosters authenticity, self-acceptance, and stronger connections with peers

Give Your Students the Tools to Thrive.

Our workshops help students regulate stress, connect with purpose, and let go of perfectionism—building resilience that lasts far beyond the classroom.

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