Health Professionals
If you are a healthcare provider that is working on the frontline, thank you for all that you are doing. Your commitment to patient care is nothing short of heroic. While you are taking care of others, it is important that you also take care of your own health and wellbeing. We have compiled some resources below that may be of help. If we are missing something that you would like to see, or you would like to tell us which resources you found most helpful - give us feedback.
If you are a healthcare leader, you want to do everything you can to support your team’s wellbeing in these unprecedented times. The good news is there is much you can do.
The University of Minnesota’s Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing has developed these wellbeing resources for your use - they are designed to be practical, customizable, and easily deployed through every communication channel and in your own personal communication style. Here, you will find content for use in huddles, in written communications, in meetings - however you are communicating with your team.
Teams want to know their leaders genuinely care about their wellbeing - this can’t be overstated. You can demonstrate your authentic caring and commitment in ways large and small, day in and day out. We hope these wellbeing resources will help you feel supported as a leader as you work to support your team during this difficult time.
- Managing Fear and Anxiety (PDF)
- Prioritzing (PDF)
- Managing Isolation (PDF)
- Gratitude (PDF)
- Altruism (PDF)
- Taking Care of Yourself and Your Loved Ones (PDF)
- Practice Mindfulness (PDF)
- Recognizing Positive Moments (PDF)
- Video: Wellbeing in a COVID-19 World - webinar with Center Director Dr. Mary Jo Kreitzer
- Video: Mindfulness During Challenging Times - webinar with Center Mindfulness and Wellbeing Instructor Mariann Johnson
- Video: Great White Birds - photography by Center Senior Fellow Craig Blacklock
- Video playlist: Take 5 for Your Health and Wellbeing (Nature Meditation Videos)
- Learn: Taking Charge of Your Health & Wellbeing website
- Learn: Wellbeing and Resilience for Health Professionals (online and self-paced, rolling start dates)
- Learn: Wellbeing and Resilience for Physicians (online and self-paced, rolling start dates)
- Learn: Attend our free online health and wellbeing webinars
- Learn: Mindful Mondays free weekly online stress reduction opportunity
- Learn: Mindfulness and Wellbeing
- Listen: COVID-19 and Anxiety - interview with Dr. Megan Voss
- Listen: Mindful Awareness in the Midst of Stressful & Busy Clinical Work - with faculty Lidia Zylowska, MD
- Article: The Losses Caused by COVID-19 and How to Deal with Them - featuring Dr. Mary Jo Kreitzer
- Article: Coping with Change and Loss in COVID-19 Times - a new article on the Center's Taking Charge site
- Article: Hope in the Time of Coronavirus - interview with Dr. Mary Jo Kreitzer
- Article: For Mind and Body, Add Time in Nature to Your Virus Prevention Kit - featuring Dr. Jean Larson
- Additional community resources and organizations
We also invite you to explore the resources for the general public in the "Community" tab of this page.
Leaders and Organizations
As a leader, you want to do everything you can to support your team’s wellbeing in these unprecedented times. The good news is there is much you can do.
The University of Minnesota’s Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing has developed these wellbeing resources for your use - they are designed to be practical, customizable, and easily deployed through every communication channel in your own personal communication style. Here you will find content for use in huddles, in written communications, in meetings - however you are communicating with your team.
Teams want to know their leaders genuinely care about their wellbeing - this can’t be overstated. You can demonstrate your authentic caring and commitment in ways large and small, day in and day out. We hope these wellbeing resources will help you feel supported as a leader as you work to support your team during this difficult time.
These resources are now available in the "Health Professionals" and "Community" tabs of this page. Please share these resources with your team and anyone else who would benefit.
Students
The Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing understands that the COVID-19 pandemic can add many stressors to your college experience. We invite you to explore the "Community" tab of this website where you'll find many resources that may be of help during this time of great change and uncertainty. Information about University of Minnesota student life, student affairs, technology, and more may be found below. If you have questions regarding your experience as a student at the Center, please contact your professor or [email protected]. We also encourage you to visit our Taking Charge of Your Health & Wellbeing website, where you'll find tips about stress prevention and reduction, purpose, relationships, environment, videos and articles with wellbeing experts, and more.
- Stay up to date with the latest University announcements by visiting the Safe U COVID-19 Information page
- Download our Student Wellbeing Guide
- Student Corner: Coping with COVID-19 Uncertainty
- Read: Covid-19 and Anxiety
- Register for free wellbeing webinars led by Center and community experts, and view videos of past webinars
- Sign up for Mindful Mondays, a free, weekly, online opportunity to relax
- Take a for-credit Center course
- Become a Health Coach! The Center's Integrative Health & Wellbeing Coaching program enrolls every year. Applications are open from late fall to early spring - see program page for details.
Community
The Center's Taking Charge of Your Health & Wellbeing website offers an extensive set of articles, videos, and online activities (including online wellbeing assessments and goal setting) about ways to enhance your wellbeing. Below are a series of tips cultivated from this website for this time of great change and uncertainty.
- Parenting through COVID-19 (PDF)
- Celebrating Our Interconnectedness (PDF)
- Getting Outside (PDF)
- Recognizing Positive Moments (PDF)
- Tapping Into Gratitude (PDF)
- Taking Physical Care of Yourself (PDF)
- Dealing With Anxiety and Fear (PDF)
- Using Relaxation Strategies (PDF)
- Handling the News and Social Media (PDF)
- Managing Isolation (PDF)
- Mindfulness (PDF)
- Managing Learning at Home for Elementary and Middle School-Aged Kids (PDF)
- Tips for Working from Home During COVID-19 (PDF)
- Video: Wellbeing in a COVID-19 World - webinar with Center Director Dr. Mary Jo Kreitzer
- Video: Mindfulness During Challenging Times - webinar with Center Mindfulness and Wellbeing Instructor Mariann Johnson
- Video: Great White Birds - photography by Center Senior Fellow Craig Blacklock
- Video playlist: Take 5 for Your Health and Wellbeing (Nature Meditation Videos)
- Article: The Losses Caused by COVID-19 and How to Deal With Them - featuring Dr. Mary Jo Kreitzer
- Article: Coping with Change and Loss in COVID-19 Times - a new article on the Center's Taking Charge site
- Article: Coping with COVID-19 Uncertainty - a student perspective on the Center's Taking Charge site
- Article: Hope in the Time of Coronavirus - interview with Dr. Mary Jo Kreitzer
- Article: For Mind and Body, Add Time in Nature to Your Virus Prevention Kit - featuring Dr. Jean Larson
- Article: When Communicating Online, PICK Your Words - from Taking Charge of Your Health & Wellbeing
- Article: Parenting During COVID-19 - from University Extension
- Audio: COVID-19 and Anxiety - interview with Dr. Megan Voss
- Article: When Communicating Online, PICK Your Words - from Taking Charge of Your Health & Wellbeing
- Article: Parenting During COVID-19 - from University Extension
- Audio: COVID-19 and Anxiety - interview with Dr. Megan Voss
- Learn: Stress Busters free weekly online stress reduction opportunity
- Learn: Attend our free online health and wellbeing webinars
- Learn: Wellbeing and Resilience for Physicians (online, rolling start date)
- Learn: Wellbeing and Resilience for Health Professionals (online, rolling start date)
- Learn: Taking Charge of Your Health & Wellbeing website
- Additional community resources and organizations
Mariann Johnson has made some wonderful at-home yoga and meditation videos that you can view here:
If you are a health professional, we invite you to explore the resources in the "Health Professionals" tab of this page.
Our new Student and Community Wellbeing Guides feature tips and strategies to help you focus on their wellbeing.
Mindful Mondays are an informal hour of meditation and light movement guided by our experienced instructors. Refresh and recharge with exercises that will leave you feeling physically, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually rejuvenated. This class is free but registration is required.