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An 8 week resilience training course offered in support of MSU Employees currently experiencing furlough or layoff

Sheryl Sandberg, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Facebook describes resilience as “the speed and strength of our response to adversity”. If you would like to increase your capacity for resilience this class is for you.

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Emotional Wellness @ Work

Resources to Help You Navigate Fall Semester 2020

Resilience training and grief and loss support services are available for MSU faculty, staff, and graduate student employees.

Emotional Wellness @ Work

The Basic Building Blocks of Empathy

Empathy is not something we either have or don't have. Empathy is a skill we can develop that can help us show up for other people when they are having a hard time.

Emotional Wellness @ Work

Cultivating Psychological Safety in the Workplace

3 ways leaders can create a greater sense of psychological safety in the workplace.

Relax. Reflect. Resolve.

Accessing Creativity to Increase Work Effectiveness

Letting your processing mind rest can actually enhance the quality of your work.

Laughing: Good for your Brain
Mental Fitness

Laughter: Good for Your Brain

Stop me if you heard this one: humor and laughing is really good for you. That's not a joke. It's science!

Give Yourself the Benefit of a Mid-Afternoon Reset

Thinking of your break as a reset may help you take more of them and likely increase your work-effectiveness.

Relax. Reflect. Resolve.

“There’s Always a Moped”

Use what can be easily found in your environment to help you relax.

The Emotional Resilience Video Toolbox

ACT Episode 8: Value Guided Living

This video concludes the ACT series with a focus on clarifying your values so you are able to direct your time and energy towards value guided living.

Relax. Reflect. Resolve.

What’s up with your Inner Supervisor?

Having a harsh and critical "inner supervisor" can make it harder for you to be your best self both at home and at work.

The Emotional Resilience Video Toolbox

ACT Episode 7: Expansion Strategies

This video offers specific skills and strategies to help you navigate powerful emotions.

The Emotional Resilience Video Toolbox

ACT Episode 6: Expansion and Acceptance

This episode illustrates that a life well lived is one that involves the full range of human emotions. Knowing how to experience and navigate big emotions is a key component of emotional resilience and psychological flexibility.

The Emotional Resilience Video Toolbox

ACT Episode 5: Connection

This episode introduces the skill of “Connection” which is an informal mindfulness practice. Shifting our attention to the here and now allows us to release our attachment to our current thought, making space for a brand new ones to come through.

The Emotional Resilience Video Toolbox

ACT Episode 4: Defusion Strategies

This video offers specific diffusion strategies for you to experiment with. Find the ones that are right for you….

The Emotional Resilience Video Toolbox

ACT Episode 3: Learning to Defuse Your Thinking

This episode explains how we get “fused” with our thinking and how dangerous it can be to take our thinking seriously. Learning how to “defuse” or unhook from your own thinking is an important part of developing your psychological flexibility.

The Emotional Resilience Video Toolbox

ACT Episode 2: Waking Up the Witness

Episode 2 is focused on "waking up the witness" and increasing your ability to be aware of what you are creating with your psychological gifts and determining if what you are currently creating is lined up with your core values

The Emotional Resilience Video Toolbox

ACT Episode 1: Introduction

Episode 1 starts you on the journey of increasing your psychological flexibility.

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Food and Nutrition Counseling Services

Food and Nutrition Counseling Services provides you with access to accurate health and lifestyle information, helping you to explore new behaviors and skills, and identifying useful campus and community resources.

MSU community members eligible for food and nutrition counseling services include faculty, staff, graduate assistants, retirees and the spouses/partners of members of these groups.

To schedule an appointment with Health4U you are not required to email us from your MSU email address; please email us from the email address you are most comfortable with. 

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Departmental Services

The goal of department based services is to provide work units and colleagues the opportunity to learn about health and wellness as a group activity or exploration.  

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