- Fit at Work with Kaiser.
- Adjusting to the New Normal: Resilience & Whole Person Self-Care with Health Net (password: 4KR5NEj#).
- Health Net's One Minute of Wellness:
- Focus on Your Breath: Taking time to slow down and reduce stress is more important now than every and breathing deeply is an excellent start whenever you are stressed.
- Get Better Sleep: 5 tips on ways to get a better night of sleep.
- Healthy Snack Ideas: Looking for some healthy snack ideas. Give these a try. 5 ideas include trail mix, apples and peanut butter, cheese and crackers, fruit and cheese skewers, grab and go fruit and nuts.
- Home Workouts: Simple exercises you can do at home to work your core, lower body, and upper body.
- Lunch Ideas for Working from Home: Here are some healthy work-from-home lunch ideas you can make using ingredients you probably have on-hand.
- Practice Acts of Kindness: You know this saying "It's better to give than receive". It feels good to help someone who needs it and when we do, it's also a reminder of how comparatively fortunate we are - it's a nice reminder of how thankful we should be for what we already have. Giving makes us happier.
- Practice Self-Care: The COVID-19 Pandemic can feel overwhelming due to new information, long work hours, and caring for your family and yourself. Taking care of yourself is important so you are equipped to help your family through this time. Tips for Taking care of your Physical health are included.
- Prevent Computer Eye-Strain: As many of us continue to work from home, excessive time at a computer screen can lead to a form of eye strain called Computer Vision Syndrome. These 6 tips can help.
- Positivity is Powerful: Developing a truly positive mindset and gaining these benefits is a function of the thoughts you cultivate. If you change how and what you think, you will change how and what you feel.
- Self-Massage with a Tennis Ball: Tennis balls are excellent for breaking up tension in hard to reach areas, and are easy to keep handy in the office or gym bag. Two exercises are described.
- Stretch Right at Your Desk: Infographic showing desk stretches. Sitting at a desk for long periods can lead to muscle stiffness. Use these stretches in your daily routine. They help relieve stress and tension in the major muscle groups.
- Take Care of Your Mental Health: 9 tips on how to best care for your mental health.
- Tips on Managing Weight: 4 ways to manage weight: set goals, portion sizes, make smarter choices, less sitting and more moving.
- Community:
- A Dose of Togetherness, weekly talks and a chance to connect in small groups
- Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS), for students
- How to #BeTheDifference For People with Mental Health Concerns During COVID-19, an article and list of resources from Mental health First Aid
- Radical Resilience Training Program, a program designed by the UCSC Radical Resilience Initiative
- Student Health Center wellness resources, for students
- UCSC's Employee Assistance Program, from Staff Human Resources
- Wellness:
- Greater Good Magazine and Videos from UC Berkeley
- Healthy Campus Wellness Resources
- Resources for Supporting Your Mental Health During COVID-19
- Science of Resilience: How to Thrive in Life, a lecture from Dr. Darlene Mininni
- Science of Well-Being Course from Yale University
- Self-Care Tips and Resources, from Staff Human Resources
- Webinar Series for Health Care Providers- Emotional Resilience During the COVID-19 Crisis, UCSF
- Wellness Adds Up, a self-directed online video program from UC Irvine
- myStrength is available for free to Kaiser, HealthNet, and Anthem members
- Meditation and Mindfulness:
- 40-day mindfulness meditation training from Sound True
- Guided meditation recordings from UCLA
- Mindfulness Exercises from Pocket Mindfulness
- Mindfulness Resources from UC San Diego
- Oprah and Deepak Chopra's 21-Day Meditation Experience
- Weekly 30-minute drop-in meditations from UCLA via Zoom
- Coping with Stress and Anxiety:
- Care for Your Coronavirus Anxiety, a toolkit from Shine
- Coping with Coronavirus Anxiety, an article from Harvard Health
- Fight Stress with Healthy Habits, an infographic from the American Heart Association
- Helping Families Deal with the Stress of Relocation After a Disaster, a resource from the National Alliance on Mental illness, Santa Cruz County
- How to Live Well with Stress - Even in the Coronavirus Era, an article from University of California
- Athletics and Recreation programs
- American Heart Association's Live Workouts
- COVID-19 and Telecommuting, EH&S
- Core Power Yoga has free online yoga videos
- FitLife Virtual Group Exercise Classes
- Fitbit Premium has a 90 day free trial with online workouts and health tips
- Free Yoga Youtube Channel has hundreds of yoga videos for all levels
- Guide to creating a circuit home workout from the American Heart Association
- Gold's AMP, Gold Gym's app, has free exercise videos
- How to Be Physically Active While Social Distancing, a resource from the CDC
- Kaiser members have access to 4,000+ on-demand fitness classes and discounts on livestream fitness classes with ClassPass
- Kaiser's Physical Activity - Every Move Matters printout in English and Spanish
- Nike Training Club has on demand workouts, programs, and nutrition tips which are now free to all Nike Members
- Slug Rec Virtual-Only Membership holds virtual classes for remote employees
- UCSF Fitness and Recreation has recorded group fitness classes
- Feed Your Potential 365, a collaboration between American Heart Association and Aramark
- Kaiser's Healthy Plate printout
- Kaiser's High Cholesterol Nutrition printout in English and Spanish
- Staple Ingredients for Quick Healthy Meals from the American Heart Association
- Fidelity Webcast Hub has webinar recordings on various topics
- Learning & Development, Staff Human Resources
- Virtual Meeting Wellness Guide, created by the UCSC Faculty & Staff Wellness Program
- Class Central has access to free Ivy League online courses
- Duolingo has free content to help you learn a new language
- Kindle Unlimited has two free months for access to over a million free ebooks
- LinkedIn has free courses to help you work better from home
- UCTV Wellbeing channel has webinar recordings on a wide variety of topics
For questions regarding wellness programming, please contact Jessica Bulleri, Wellness Coordinator at jbulleri@ucsc.edu, or questions regarding mental health wellness resources please contact Cindy Delgado, at cadelgad@ucsc.edu in the Office of Risk Services.