Know someone who’s struggling? We can help you help them. Below are some resources that may help, but it is not a comprehensive list of all resources. The Office of Well-Being strongly encourages every individual in our organization to establish a primary care provider as a foundation for overall wellness.
MU Resources
Art Therapy
- Contact: hinel@health.missouri.edu
- Availability: Varies
- Description: Art class offered to up to 8 people per session. Email for more information.
- Cost: Less than $5/person
Create a Culture of Health Guide
- Availability: At your discretion
- Description: Create work environments that preserve the health of employees and promote their ability to excel at their jobs while honoring the importance of family & community.
- Cost: Free
CREW Resource Management (CRM)
- Contact: Yvonne Buchheit: buchheity@health.missouri.edu
- Availability: Varies based on program
- Description: An interactive curriculum, administered by veteran pilot Steve Chafe, covering topics including insights into the causes of human error, the limits of human performance and ways to prevent errors.
- Cost: Free
EAP Support Services
- Contact: 573-882-6701 or email hunterjd@missouri.edu
- Availability: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. (onsite at MUHC Friday’s)
- Description: Group/Team Assessments related to organizational/work stress
- Cost: Free
Employee Experience
- Contact: employeerelations@health.missouri.edu
- Availability: Monday-Friday
- Description: Committed to supporting the goals of MU Health Care by providing solutions to recognize and maximize the potential of our greatest asset; our employees!
- Cost: Free
Financial Support resources
You can also check your specific benefits at http://myhr.umsystem.edu/.
- Description: A resource to walk through total compensation and the monetary value of benefits in addition to comp and taxes for those with questions around their compensation.
- Cost: Free
Financial wellness
- Contact: Jim Green, D.B.A., CFP, AFC, adjunct professor, personal financial planning
- Availability: Varies
- Description: Information and resources for personal financial planning
- Cost: Free
forYOU
- Contact: foryou@health.missouri.edu
- Availability: Monday-Friday
- Description: Committed to supporting the goals of MU Health Care by providing solutions to recognize and maximize the potential of our greatest asset; our employees!
- Cost: Free
MU United Health Plan Wellness Support
- Contact:
- Caroline Murphy (UHC Nurse Liaison) at 573-296-0158 or caroline_murphy@uhc.com
- Secily Adams (Health Engagement Coordinator) at 952-202-5337 or secily_adams@uhc.com
- Availability: Monday-Friday, by appointment
- Description: UM’s dedicated Health engagement coordinator & nurse liaison can provide group education that can be department specific and unique to your needs.
- Cost: Free
Reducing Meeting Fatigue
- Description: Video on meeting fatigue.
- Cost: Free
Spiritual Care
- Contact: Call 573-882-2236. After hours, dial 0 and ask the operator to page the chaplain on call.
- Availability: 24/7
- Description: Comprehensive spiritual care & emotional support
- Cost: Free
Stress First Aid Training
- Contact: thrive@health.missouri.edu
- Availability: Varies, contact OWB to discuss
- Description: Learn how to identify stress injuries and to administer Stress First Aid at the individual level. Provided through the Office of Well-Being (OWB)
- Cost: Free
Venture Out
- Contact: ventureout@missouri.edu or 573-884-1764
- Availability: Varies by activity
- Description: Learn how to identify stress injuries and to administer Stress First Aid at the individual level. Provided through the Office of Well-Being (OWB)
- Cost: Free
WAGS at Work
- Contact: Sarah Hicks at hickssj@health.missouri.edu
- Availability: Varies, contact Sarah to discuss interest and options.
- Description: Dog-assisted interventions can be used to start a meeting, informally round, offer support post-stressful/traumatic times, etc.
- Cost: Free
Community Resources
HeartSpace
- Contact: Call 573-214-0436 or email heartspacecliniccomo@gmail.com
- Availability: Monday-Friday, contact for more information
- Description: A trauma- and resilience-informed organization that brings cutting edge information and interventions about trauma and how it impacts our nervous system.
- Cost: Varies
NurseGroups
- Contact: support@nursegroups.org
- Availability: Wednesdays, 12:30-1:30 pm
- Description: A confidential, weekly virtual peer group for nurses to connect and process their experiences together. Nurses from around the country come together to share their victories and challenges, at work and beyond, with a goal of feeling lighter, more connected, and resilient. Nurse Group sessions are moderated by a rotating group of facilitators. Each session begins with a brief grounding exercise led by the facilitator and a check-in from each person who is willing to participate. Afterwards, the facilitator supports an open discussion based on what the group shares and is curious about.
- Cost: Free
National Resources
3 Good Things
- Description: Short video outlining the practice of “3 good things”
- Cost: Free
Duke Wellbeing Resources
Video series
Well-being Tools
- Description: Bite-size videos and resources centered around well-being.
- Cost: Free
Reducing Meeting Fatigue
Stanford: 4 causes for ‘Zoom fatigue’ and their simple fixes
Advisory Board: 7 ways to avoid (or recover from) 'Zoom fatigue’
Forbes: The Pandemic Has Created A New Kind Of Burnout
New York Times: 3 Ways to Address Zoom Burnout
- Description: Supporting articles on meeting fatigue.
- Cost: Free