Category: Emotional Wellness

Emotional Wellness is the ability to understand ourselves and cope with the challenges life can bring. The ability to acknowledge and share feelings of anger, fear, sadness, or stress; hope, love, joy, and happiness in a productive manner contributes to our Emotional Wellness.

Well Wisconsin Radio: Let’s Talk About Overcoming Addiction

If you are looking for well-being tips and advice from local experts, Well Wisconsin Radio is the podcast for you!

July 2024 Episode: Overcoming Addiction

About one third of the population in the United States is directly impacted by addiction. Join in as Dr. Adi Jaffe, a nationally recognized expert on addiction, mental health, relationships and shame. Dr. Jaffe shares why talking about addictions is so important, the barriers people experience in seeking treatment, and the effectiveness of a variety of treatment methods. Also explore keys to overcoming addiction and the impact of Dr. Jaffe’s work withing Wisconsin.

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July 2024 BONUS Episode: Foraging for Natural Foods with Vince Aiello and Meredith Rhodes

Experience the natural world in a new way after listening to a recording from an onsite podcast interview and foraging walk at Stewart Lake County Park. Discover the benefits of foraging and what you need to know to get started.

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NOTE to those eligible for the 2024 Well Wisconsin Incentive – Listening to two episodes of Well Wisconsin Radio from Season 3 dated November 2023 and later will qualify for your well-being activity credit.

Well Wisconsin Radio: Make it OK to Talk About Mental Illness

If you are looking for well-being tips and advice from local experts, Well Wisconsin Radio is the podcast for you!

May 2024 Episode: Making it Ok to Talk About Mental Illness

Join this episode to hear guest Stephanie Kovarik with HealthPartners and Sallie Scovill of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Join to learn more about the Make It OK community campaign to create caring conversations about mental illness and the impact it’s having throughout the community.

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Note to those eligible for the 2024 Well Wisconsin Incentive – Listening to two episodes of Well Wisconsin Radio from Season 3 dated November 2023 and later, will qualify for your well-being activity credit.

Well Wisconsin Radio: Let’s Talk Finding Forgiveness

If you are looking for well-being tips and advice from local experts, Well Wisconsin Radio is the podcast for you!

April 2024 Episode: Finding Forgiveness & Resolving Conflicts

Are you wondering if it is time to start the process of forgiving another or yourself? Guest on this episode, Dr. Rober Enright, a founding board member of the International Forgiveness Institute, often described as the “father of forgiveness research” because of his commitment over the past four decades to research and implementing forgiveness programs. This episode discusses the connection between forgiveness and well-being, and steps you can take to begin your forgiveness journey.

Listen HERE!

Note to those eligible for the 2024 Well Wisconsin Incentive – Listening to two episodes of Well Wisconsin Radio from Season 3, dated November 2023 and later, will qualify for your well-being activity credit.

March Madness Wellness Committee Challenge

The Wellness Committee has created another March Madness Challenge for faculty/staff to complete.

This challenge can be completed by picking activities from 4 different categories and completing them, then choose which activity you would like to advance to the next round.

Completed challenges must be emailed to wellness@uwgb.edu by April 12th, 2024 to receive a prize.

If you are enrolled in the State Group Health Insurance complete this challenge as part as your well-being credit for the $150 incentive!

Follow these instructions to report your completion for your well-being activity – Report completion for Well-being credit – March. Make sure to select Physical Activity in Step 7!

2024 March Madness Challenge

Positive January Challenge

This time of year, can have people feeling the winter blues, the next Wellness Challenge is here to help. From January 7th to January 27th, we are going to focus on positive thoughts!

For one week keep track of how many times you complain. Then the next 2 weeks focus on not complaining or changing those complaints into positive thoughts on your situation instead.

Please email completed forms to wellness@uwgb.edu by February 7th to be put in a prize drawing.

If you are enrolled in the State Group Health Insurance complete this challenge as part as your well-being credit for the $150 incentive!

Follow these instructions to report your completion for your well-being activity – Report completion for Well-being credit – January. Make sure to select Kindness in Step 7.

Need some inspiration on this challenge? Attend the Well Wisconsin Changing Your Thought Pattern Webinar on Thursday January 11, 2024 11:30 am – 12:00 pm. Register here, or check out the blog post for more information on the webinar.

PDF: Positive January Challenge