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Fitting in Fitness: The Science Behind Goal Setting
It’s been a month since we discussed how to set SMART goals – Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time Bound – to help achieve your fitness objectives for 2020. If you’re finding that you have been struggling to stick to the goals that you set, you are not alone!
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Thriving Faces: Meet Truelove Twumasi
We’re thrilled to welcome Truelove Twumasi to our team! As the new Workplace Wellbeing Programs Specialist, Truelove will collaborate both with the Health, Wellbeing and Benefits team to continue to promote a culture of health and wellbeing on campus.
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Free Events This Month: February 2020
Move UBC month │ February 1- 29 Move UBC is a university-wide annual initiative to increase physical activity and reduce the time students, staff, faculty and the UBC community spend sitting.
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Move More This Month: Move UBC is Back!
This February, explore ways to fit physical activity into your day during the Move UBC Month.
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Memo: Management & Professional Staff Compensation Review 2019
This memo provides an update on the 2019 review of M&P jobs, and specific details about the upcoming implementation.
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Fitting in Fitness: Setting and Achieving Your 2020 Fitness Goals
Looking for a healthier lifestyle in 2020? Set yourself up for success by setting fitness goals that you will actually be able to conquer!
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Everything You Feel is Real: Reflections on “Not Myself Today” 2019
Last year marked the fifth consecutive time that UBC actively participated in the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Not Myself Today® (NMT) initiative alongside Thrive in November.
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Search Inside Yourself Training: Register Before It’s Too Late (Deadline: Jan. 15)
In support of UBC’s commitment to workplace health and wellbeing, HR is bringing back a unique professional development opportunity for faculty and staff on the Vancouver campus: Search Inside Yourself (SIY).
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A Pause for Reflection
Welcome to a new decade! If you’re like me, it’s possible that you worked in a slight frenzy to wrap up as much work as possible before heading off for the holiday break. Chances are this was done without taking time to reflect on the year that just passed us by.
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Eat Your Way to Good Mental Health
In a recent talk at UBC Vancouver, Dr. Brett Finlay, author of Let Them Eat Dirt: Saving Our Children from an Oversanitized World and The Whole-Body Microbiome, spoke about how altered gut microbes are associated with stress, anxiety, depression and even jet lag.
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