Wellness Self-Coaching Resources
Wellness Resources
A curated collection of tools to help you thrive. Support your well-being with tips on nutrition, movement breaks, mental well-being, and more. Try what feels good, and explore at your own pace.
Wellness Recordings
Faculty & Staff Health and Well-being Workshop Recordings
Fit at Work with Kaiser
Watch Fit at Work with Kaiser. Resources associated with this webinar are the Action Plan and the Fit at Work Exercise Sheet (both attached below).
Click here for the Action Plan PDF.
Click here for the Fit at Work Exercise Sheet.
Adjusting to the New Normal: Resilience & Whole Person Self-Care with Health Net
Click to view Adjusting to the New Normal: Resilience & Whole Person Self-Care with Health Net.
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Building Resiliency & Emotional Wellbeing
Community:
- A Dose of Togetherness – weekly talks and a chance to connect in small groups
- Radical Resilience Training Program – a program designed by the UCSC Radical Resilience Initiative
- UCSC’s Employee Assistance Program, from Staff Human Resources
Wellness:
- On the Margins – coaching sessions offer a virtual gathering place where a UC Santa Cruz student/staff member and a wellness coach can gather for connection, care, and accompaniment.
- Greater Good Magazine and Videos from UC Berkeley
- Resources for Free/Reduced Assistance, from UC Path
- Science of Resilience: How to Thrive in Life, a lecture from Dr. Darlene Mininni
- Science of Well-Being Course from Yale University
- Virtual Meeting Wellness Guide, created by the UCSC Faculty & Staff Wellness Program (attached below)
Download Virtual Meeting Wellness Guide Here
- myStrength is available for free to Kaiser, HealthNet, and Anthem members (download tutorial below)
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
- Weekly 30-minute drop-in meditations from UCLA via Zoom
- Calm app available for Kaiser members
Coping with Stress and Anxiety:
- 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
Physical Wellbeing
UCSC Resources
- Athletics and Recreation programs
- UCSC bike programs – TAPS offers several bike programs for UCSC students, faculty and staff.
- Central campus walking map – complete with estimated walking times.
Apps and Online Resources
- AllTrails – walking, hiking, and running trails for all levels
- American Heart Association’s Live Workouts
- Beginner bodyweight workout from Hybrid Calisthenics
- Core Power Yoga – free online yoga videos
- Family fitness ideas from the American Heart Association
- FitLife Virtual Group Exercise Classes
- Fitbit Premium – 90 day free trial with online workouts and health tips
- Free Yoga Youtube Channel – hundreds of yoga videos for all levels
- Guide to creating a circuit home workout from the American Heart Association
- Mobility exercises from Peloton
- Nike Training Club has on-demand workouts, programs, and nutrition tips which are now free to all Nike Members
- Stretch for better health from UC Davis
Other Resources
- 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
Nutritional Wellbeing
- Feed Your Potential 365, a collaboration between American Heart Association and Aramark
Kaiser’s Healthy Plate printout (English version)
Kaiser’s Healthy Plate printout (Spanish version)
Kaiser’s High Cholesterol Nutrition printout (English version)
Kaiser’s High Cholesterol Nutrition printout (Spanish version)
- Staple Ingredients for Quick Healthy Meals from the American Heart Association limitations affect performing essential job functions in order to identify accommodations.
- Kaiser’s Food Assistance Resource
Financial Wellbeing
- My UC Retirement has webinar recordings on various topics
- Learning & Development, Staff Human Resources
Personal Growth
- Class Central has access to free Ivy League online courses
- Coursera – free access to over 3,000 online courses and specializations
- Duolingo has free content to help you learn a new language
- LinkedIn has free courses to help you work better from home
- UCTV Wellbeing channel has webinar recordings on a wide variety of topics
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For questions regarding wellness programming, please contact Jessica Bulleri, Campus Health and Well-being Manager 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.
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