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Fitness & Mindfulness Classes
  • December 2024 Schedule and December Class Descriptions
    • ​Note: Classes not listed a "In-person" or "Zoom," are held on R&W's Facebook Live page/link shown at the top of the class schedule. No login needed to participate.
  • December Mindful Moments:
    • Allow Yourself the Gift of Relaxation (20 mins) on Wednesday, December 18 from 3:00 to 3:20 PM ET via Zoom
    • Weekly Meditation with Dr. Rezvan Ameli every Thursday at 2:00 to 2:30 pm ET​​(Zoom link)  ​

Wellness@NIH Monthly News​letter 

  • Read timely topics and register for upcoming events. Newsletter covers December 15 to January 15.

Holiday Resilience Guide

With the holidays meaning something different to everyone, the Employee Assistance Program’s Holiday Resilience Guide offers practical tips to help you navigate this season, no matter your traditions or challenges. Find strategies for managing stress, staying grounded, and making the most of the holidays in your own way. 

Training: A Supervisor's Guide to Workforce Well-being

This vital supervisor training returns on January 16 from 1:00 to 2:30 PM ET. Are you interested in supporting the wellbeing of your staff and yourself? Are you a supervisor, team lead or an Administrative Officer? Are you in need of Continuous Learning Points? If any of these call to you, register in the LMS and choose #NIHWRD1003 and Offering ID: #00280196. Additionally, the 2025 training schedule is now available.​

Five Tips: Pause to Benefit Your Well-Being

We all know there is a need to take pause during the workday, and yet sometimes it seems hard to step away. If you’d like some new ideas, or you are not sure what to do for your well-being when you take a pause, this guide offers five tips to reset and nourish yourself.
View Five Tips​
January Financial Wellness Webinars
​Check out the NIH Federal Credit Union's January webinars at Financial Wellness.

NIH Clubs Now Forming (Bethesda Campus)

Interested in joining fellow employees and guests in NIH Club activities, on and off-campus? Check out three new clubs:

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​Recent Recordings 

Preventative Care Guidelines

Learn the importance of preventing, finding, and managing health problems with an array of tools to support your preventative care. Recording​.

Menopause 101: Supporting the Shift with Sleep, Physical Activity & Nutrition (November 2024)

For many women, the array of physical, cognitive and emotional symptoms can begin up to ten years prior to menopause and continue during the post-menopausal years. A community approach  can support us all. View recording, download PPT slides​ or three-page flyer​.​

Reading The Food Label (October 2024)

​Kaiser Permanente's Health Educator teaches NIH staff how to read the USDA food label, practical tips for portion control, and understanding key  ingredients. View the recording​.

Wellness Workshop: Stress Management (September 2024)

Learn tips and tricks for managing stress and burnout - explore the effects of stress and how to mitigate them in your everyday life. View the recording.​

Nutrition & Meal Planning for the Whole Family (August 2024)​

Speakers from NIDDK and ORS discussed eating for your microbiome, recipes that support gut health, and meal planning to benefit the whole family. View the ​recording​Download a PDF of the slides, or view the PPT. Staff also shared recipes with one another during the workshop. Check out the (anonymous) Google doc for more meal-planning tips​ from your NIH community!

Setting Boundaries and Seeking Work-Life Balance (August 2024) 

Connect with the Wellness@NIH community about the importance of balancing personal and professional life. Learn tips and tricks for communicating and setting boundaries and ways to maximize work-life balance this summer.  View the recording​ and the workshop slides.

NIH 2024 Safety, Health and Wellness Day (June 2024)

Keynote from NIH Director, Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, and five successive Mini-Session recordings available via NIH Webcast.

​Unlocking the Door to Men's Health - Webinar (June 2024)
Panelists from NIMH and Wellness at NIH discussed the importance of taking care of ourselves so we can take care of others. We addressed societal norms, despair, stress, coping skills, and the importance of preventative health, among other topics. The event has passed - view recording.

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Resource Reminders