The well-being of GW Medical Enterprise students, trainees, faculty, and staff matters to us. The GW Resiliency & Well-being Center is here so you don’t have to navigate the challenges you face alone. Given the diversity of our community, we recognize that while some resources will well-serve all, while others are most beneficial when tailored to you. Please explore our existing resources on everything from how to manage burnout, anxiety, and stress. Contact us if you want to meet one-on-one, in a group, or just to make a suggestion!
Many of the resources below are specifically for healthcare providers and students in the health professions:
- Headspace (Free to GW faculty, students, trainees, and staff)
- How To Use 1 to 3-minute Micro-Meditations
- Physician Support Line
- Lerner Health and Wellness Center
- Lifestyle, Sport and Physical Activity Courses (LSPA)
- Gratitude Circle Hotline (Hear messages of gratitude from the public)
- Curated Wellness Resources (Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library)
- Campus Life 101: Managing Stress (Resources compiled by GW Today)
- UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center (Meditation/breathing exercises in English and 20 different languages, including ASL)
- UCLA Mindful: Meditation for Well-being (App)
- The Loveland Foundation (Resources for African-American women, girls, and gender nonbinary)
- National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network
- Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course (Masterclass with Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, developer of MBSR))
- NAMI Frontline Wellness Program
- Mindfulness for Healthcare Professionals
- Voices of Academia (Podcast focused on the mental health and well-being of academics and researchers)
- American Medical Association Resources
- AMA STEPS Forward®
- Calming Breath (Mindfulness practices from the GW Office of Integrative Medicine & Health)
- A Mindfulness Experience (Free, weekly, mindfulness event from the GW Resiliency & Well-being Center and Office of Integrative Medicine & Health)