THE WELLNESS HUB
Faculty wellness – physical, mental and emotional – is essential to a healthy university community. Explore these resources we’ve gathered specifically with faculty in mind to help promote wellness and thriving in your life, inside and outside the institution.
These resources are not intended to diagnose or treat any physical or mental health issues but serve as an informational guide for further exploration of one’s well-being. Please see “Support Resources” for contact information at the end of this page if you need further assistance or are in crisis.
Explore the Wellness Hub
At any time on the Wellness Hub, you can use the menu above to navigate around the site. It’ll take you to the following sections, which you can read in any order:
- Mental Health Support Resources: During times when you might be feeling low, sad, or anxious we hope that some of the resources from the Wellness Hub can be used as guides to help inform you about the feelings you might be experiencing.
- Gratitude: Cultivating appreciation of your big and small wins through gratitude has numerous benefits for physical and emotional well-being.
- Stress: Everyone feels stress from time to time, but it can overwhelm and have negative consequences for your health and well-being. We’ve gathered information to help you tackle stress in your every day life.
- Mindfulness: Mindfulness helps us to relax, center ourselves, and to be more present. Read more about ways you can practice mindfulness in your daily life.
- Perfectionism: Perfectionism can affect your sense of self-identity and your mental health. Find ways to help tackle perfectionism in this section.
- Burnout: Find more information about how to beat burnout and recover for your well-being.
- Physical Health
- Sleep: Rest is critical for physical health, functioning, and mood. Learn more about the role sleep plays in our lives and how you can become more well-rested.
- Get Active: Physical activity of any kind is beneficial. Learn more about resources available to get moving.
- Professional Health
- Setting Boundaries: Learn more about how you can bring more balance to your life.
- Goal Setting: Commit to achieving your goals using resources in this section.
- Time Management: There’s never enough hours in a day, and time management seems like it can be easier said than done. We’ve put together some resources in this section to help you get started, reduce your stress, and keep you on track.
- Supporting Students: Supporting student well-being is something the Georgia State community is called upon to do every day. Find more resources on how to support student health and wellbeing in this section.
- Belonging: Having community and a place to belong are essential. Find more information about Georgia State’s faculty affinity groups here.
Crisis/Support Resources
Crisis/Emergency Resources
Need Help? The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has important resources you should know about.
- If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org.
- To learn how to get support for mental health, drug, and alcohol issues, visit FindSupport.gov.
- To locate treatment facilities or providers, visit FindTreatment.gov or call SAMHSA’s National Helpline at 800-662-HELP (4357).
Additional Supportive Resources
Looking for support? Click here to visit the Supportive Resources section of the Wellness Hub.
Questions
For questions and non-emergent matters, don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected]. In the event of crisis or emergency, use the resources from SAMHSA as listed above, including the 988 hotline, as this email address is not monitored outside of business hours.
Feedback
We aim to provide resources that are useful and thorough. If there are additional resources you think your colleagues would benefit from, please share them with us using the form here. Please note that the notifications are not monitored 24/7, so please follow the guidelines as stated above if you are in crisis or have an urgent matter.