06.10.20 Mental Health Wellness Update

While we all are telecommuting, OSFA will be sharing some ideas to boost your mental health during these difficult times. If you know of any videos, podcasts, articles, events, ideas, etc. that would be perfect to include in these emails, please send them along to Erica Tisdale at erica.tisdale@wisc.edu.   One Way to Improve Your Day: Get enough quality sleep. Studies show when you don’t get the quality sleep you need it can impact your outlook on life, energy level, motivation, and emotions. Lots of things can impact your quality of sleep especially during these stressful times. Consider doing a sleep habits assessment: https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/sleep-habits-assessment. A sleep habit assessment can give you tips on how to improve your sleep quality so that you can have a better tomorrow. Campus/Community Resource: We’ve share a lot of tips in the past thirteen weeks. Use the Done App to start tracking your new habits and continue improving your days: http://thedoneapp.com/. The app helps you build good habits and break bad ones and is recommended by UW RecWell. Cute Video of the Week: Toddler Besties Share Huge Hug on Sidewalk – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDQezECAxtQ. These adorable toddlers were also featured on the CNN/Sesame Street Town Hall for Kids and Parents: Coming Together – Standing Up to Racism this past weekend and were super excited to see each other on video since they haven’t seen each other as much due to COVID-19. Podcast of the Week: The Science of Happiness. I recommend the following episodes: