Wellness Resources

Explore resources to support your mental and emotional well-being during times of stress, anxiety and uncertainty.

The UC San Diego Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP) team salutes all in our diverse community who work to make wonderful things happen for our students, our local community and the world. All the positive change and growth we bring about can sometimes come at a high price, leaving us feeling tired, defeated or burned out. These feelings are particularly heavy when we face social injustice, violence or unexpected global upheaval. We need every UC San Diego stakeholder well and clear-headed, and connected and energized as we continue to shape research and teaching, and touch the lives of thousands of families each year. This page offers some tools to keep each of us at our best.

Resources

*Resources listed here offer various memberships and access that may be free of charge while others may require a fee. The user is responsible to determine which resources are the best fit for their own needs. Please read membership and user guidelines carefully on each site.

• 10 Good Things to do for a Healthy Life (PDF), a daily checklist
  
• 54 Proven Stress Reducers (PDF)
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
• Meditation and Mindfulness Apps
  • Insight Timer
  • Headspace
  • Calm
  • Mindshift, interactive cognitive-based tools to relieve anxiety
  • Liberate, meditations and talks designed for the Black experience
• MyStrength, mental health app supported by UC San Diego's medical insurance programs
• UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness 
• Mindfulness Daily at Work: Free 40-Day Course
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation
• The Greater Good Podcast, from Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center
• Free Expression at UC San Diego
  • Tips for Tough Conversations

Assessment Tools

• Alcohol Screening Self-Assessment

More Resources

• About Anxiety: Learn about anxiety and how it may affect you.
• Grief and Loss: Receive guidance and support when faced with a loss of any kind.
• Postdoc Health & Wellness: For postdoctoral and visiting scholars.
• Wellness at Lunch Lecture Series (Formerly Learn at Lunch): Watch or listen to an episode of interest to you on personal and professional well-being.

Counseling

• Individual counseling appointments are available to UC San Diego campus employees at no cost through FSAP. Schedule an appointment with an FSAP counselor »
  • FSAP counselors can also help with referrals to external behavioral health providers through University-provided health programs (Optum, Anthem, MHN) and other service options in the community.