- Resources for Families of Frontline Healthcare Providers During COVID-19
- Resources for Healthcare Providers During COVID-19
- Physician Burnout: Resilience Training Is Only Part of the Solution. Annals of Family Medicine. Volume 16, Number 3, p267-270. May/June 2018.
- Feminism Is for Everybody. The Lancet. Volume 393, Number 10171, p493-610, e6-e28. February 9, 2019.
- Ayurvedic Principles. Department of Immunology. Amala Guha, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.A.
- A Study Used Sensors to Show that Men and Women are Treated Differently at Work. Harvard Business Review. October 23, 2017.
- How to Practice Emotional Hygiene. Guy Winch, Ph.D. (17:22)
- Gendered Expectations: Do They Contribute to High Burn Out Among Female Physicians? Linzer, M. and Harwood, E. (2018). Journal of General Internal Medicine.
- One-Moment Meditation: How to Meditate in a Moment. Martin Boroson. March 2, 2011. (5:35)
- Attachment and Health. Resources to understand how human relationships impact health.
- Introduction to Relaxation Techniques for Stress Reduction. Mary Casey Jacob, Ph.D., ABPP. June 10, 2016. Learn about the use of relaxation techniques for the purpose of stress reduction. (5:30)
- Introduction to Stress Management. Mary Casey Jacob, Ph.D., ABPP. July 5, 2016. An introduction to the components of feeling stressed and how to begin to modify your responses to stressful situations. (25:41)
- How a Dean Got Over Impostor Syndrome - and Thinks You Can, Too. Chronicle of Higher Education, November 26, 2017.
- How to Make Stress Your Friend. Kelly McGonigal. 2013. (14:25)
- Off Balance on Purpose: The Future of Engagement and Work-Life Balance. Dan Thurmon. 2013. (18:07)
- Mindfulness Across the Continuum. Mary P. Guerrera, M.D. et al. April 21, 2016. (1:04:37)
- How to Gain Control of Your Free Time. Laura Vanderkam. 2015. (11:54)
- How Successful People Stay Calm. Bradberry, T. (2014) Forbes. February 6, 2016.
- How to Perform the 4-7-8 Breath. Andrew Weil, M.D. A yoga breathing technique that may help you relax and fall asleep and may help anxiety. (3:18)
- Assessment: How Mindful Are You? Carter, J., Hougaard, R. and Stembridge, R. Harvard Business Review, March 29, 2017.
- Thriving Amidst Chaos and Materials. Susan R. Johnson, 2018 Faculty Grand Round, April 5, 2018 (84:48)
Audio resources for relaxation techniques (most audio resources are available for both iPhone and Android).
- Caretaking in Academic Medicine: From Pregnancy Through Early Parenting. Toolkit created by the AAMC Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS). 2018.
- From Our Own Dr. Norman Andrekus-guided Meditation: 5-, 10- and 20-minute files you can download for guided meditation.
- Calm. App for mindfulness and meditation.
- Insight Timer. Free guided meditation library.
- Headspace: Download an app to help you train your mind.
- Meditation Oasis: A range of meditation resources including downloadable guided meditations, books, and other resources. Some resources are free.
- Relax and Sleep Well with Glenn Harold: Twenty Minute Guided Meditation with Music.
- Relax with Andrew Johnson Lite
- Relax with Andrew Johnson
- Reviews of four apps to relieve tension:
1. Belly Bio: An iPhone app that uses the device’s accelerometer to monitor proper diaphragmatic breathing.
2. Mindfield eSense Skin Response and Mindfield eSense Temperature, two unique apps that work with your iPhone or Android to provide skin conductance or temperature feedback with guided practice. To use the apps, the monitoring instrument, which connects to the phone must be purchased. The instruments are available on the Mindfield Biosystems website. A bit pricey, but much less expensive than many of its professional use counterparts.
3. My Calm Beat: App for the iPhone or Android that personalizes and monitors paced breathing practice.
4. Breath Pacer: A paced breathing app available for iPhone or Android devices.
- How to Do Progressive Muscle Relaxation. An article on how to relax your muscles.
- Who Moved my Cheese?, by Spencer Johnson (1998). This is a book about dealing with change.
- Wherever You Go There You Are, by Jon Kabat-Zinn (2005). This is a book about mindfulness meditation in everyday life.
- Don't Sweat the Small Stuff… And It's All Small Stuff, by Richard Carlson (2005). A book about how to keep from letting the little things in your life get to you.
- The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook, by Martha Davis, Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman, and Matthew McKay (6th edition, 2008). Includes step-by-step techniques for coming the body and the mind.
- The Worry Workbook, by Les Carter and Frank Minirth (2000). Practical steps and interactive exercises.
If you have other resources for relaxation that you think should be on this list, please send them to jnissen@uchc.edu