Wellness & Health At Macalester -WHAM
News & Event Updates
Buddy Up & Be Well: Free Class for You & a Friend!
WHAM is offering a special promotion for Spring Session 2. Current class participants can get FREE enrollment when they get a friend to register who is not currently participating in that class. This is our way of rewarding our loyal participants and getting new staff and faculty to try a class, or come back to an old favorite.
Visit our WHAM Classes page for promotion details. Register before Wednesday, March 19 at 4 p.m. Spring Session 2 classes begin the week of March 24 and go through May 2.
WHAM Lunch & Learn: The Pursuit of Happiness: Creating A Sustainable Work-Life Balance
Join WHAM for our final Lunch and Learn of the semester. We’ll gather virtually for a session that offers wisdom, insights and practical life skills for both personal growth and professional development. Topics to be discussed include: establishing healthy boundaries, achieving a work-life balance, and essential coping and relaxation skills to help create and maintain a sustainable work-life balance. Creating a happy life is very possible, but first we must lay a solid foundation incorporating healthy boundaries and positive coping skills. Included in this presentation are valuable positive psychology, take-home tools and skills for all participants, based on our speaker’s WELCOA book, The Road to Wellness.
For more information on this topic and our presenter, visit our WHAM Lunch and Learn page. Register to join us on Zoom on Wednesday, March 26 from 12:00 to 12:50 pm.
15 Minutes to a Healthier You
Log on to healthpartners.com/wellbeing. Complete your health assessment and at least one activity by March 31 to be entered in a drawing to win an iPad. Here are a few more good reasons to take your health assessment.
The path to well-being begins with understanding your own health and exploring what you can do to improve it. As part of Macalester’s well-being program, we offer staff and faculty with HealthPartners insurance the opportunity to complete an annual confidential health assessment. It provides a snapshot of your health, and resources to help you get where you want to go. In under 15 minutes, you’ll be one step closer to knowing who you can be with good health.
Stay active from anywhere!
Whether you work from home or go into work, it’s easy to get so caught up in the day that you suddenly realize, it’s been hours since you last got up. Wellbeats is a free online resource with programs for all interests and ability levels. Check it out and get moving more, whether you’re working at home, on campus or on the go.
Try the Give Me a Work Break Program (Four Weeks). Manage stress and increase productivity during the work day with these short exercises and stretches. Wellbeats member, Jess, said “This felt great! A quick five minutes made such a difference.” Download the HealthPartners mobile app or sign in to healthpartners.com/wellbeing to explore all Wellbeats has to offer. For more work-break ideas, visit our Well-being Activities page.
Back pain holding you back? Try Healthy Back
Did you know that three in five adults will experience back pain this year?
A healthy back is essential to maintaining a good quality of life so whether you suffer from chronic back pain or are hoping to stop it before it starts, Healthy Back can help. This online tool has stretches and strengthening exercises that will empower you to keep your back healthy and strong all year long. Check out the power of a healthy back.
Plus, you and your spouse or partner can each earn a $150 reward card for completing two well-being activities by October 31, 2024.Download the HealthPartners mobile app or sign in to healthpartners.com/well-beingto get your back in its best shape yet.
Connect with our health coach to reach your goals
It’s time to team up. A professional health coach can be the missing link between setting goals and meeting them. Talk one-on-one with our certified health coach, Kelly Fang, about what’s important to you. Whether that’s back pain, nutrition, sleep, stress management, exercise or something else – Kelly will work with you to address your unique needs.
If you’re on Macalester’s benefits plan, take your health assessment to get started at healthpartners.com/wellbeing or use the Living Well button on the myHP app. Then contact Kelly to set up a time. In-person, walking and video appointments are free and open to all staff, faculty, spouses and domestic partners, regardless of your benefits plan. To learn more, visit our Health Coaching page.