The City University of New York has launched two online courses for faculty and staff to support mental health and wellness. These self-paced lessons are available in Blackboard under My Organizations. You can also click on the hyperlinks below to go to many of the mental health and wellness videos from the online courses.

Self-care and Resilience 

What is Self-care?

• How to practice emotional first aid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2hc2FLOdhI&feature=youtu.be
• Ensuring Resilience of Campus Health and Well-Being Providers and Staff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgNuEbO7FC4&feature=youtu.be
• The Power of Vulnerability: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCvmsMzlF7o&feature=youtu.be

Overcoming Barriers to Self-care

• Managing Stress During Distance Learning – How Faculty Can Support Their Students (Requires free signup to JEP Foundation to view): https://www.gotostage.com/channel/980f4313dff548f79600644eb631b0c2/recording/5b179ab0922d44abad9de0d067c65a5c/watch
• The Philosophy of Time Management: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXBA4eWskrc&feature=youtu.be

Identifying Strengths

• Leaning Into Your Strengths During COVID-19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxuESV2gjZA&feature=youtu.be
• Adjusting Right Now to the New Workplace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaOgrVW4-AU&feature=youtu.be
• What are your Via Character Strengths and Virtues? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lZqWr_JUZs&feature=youtu.be
• A Universal Language that Describes What’s Best in Us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMWck0mKGWc&feature=youtu.be
• Why Self-Efficacy Matters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agwsjYg9hJ8&feature=youtu.be

Emotional Self Regulation

• Progressive Muscle Relaxation Training: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihO02wUzgkc&feature=youtu.be

Mindfulness

• Mindfulness Explained PART 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k71vEXjaPuQ&feature=youtu.be
• Mindfulness explained PART 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrUasFwjcvk&feature=youtu.be
• Dan Harris’ Panic Attack (and Discovery of Meditation): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywp4vaFJASE&feature=youtu.be
• All It Takes is 10 Mindful Minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzR62JJCMBQ&feature=youtu.be

Social Connectedness

• Your Brain on Social Distancing – Loneliness & Isolation During The COVID-19 Coronavirus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAbQSqU3Ofg&feature=youtu.be
• Three Components of Connectedness – Fighting Loneliness During COVID-19 Coronavirus Social Distancing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVEtKAY45Rw&feature=youtu.be

Dealing with Grief and Bereavement

Why are We Grieving?

• The Different Paths of Grief: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrWLYCHF4FA&feature=youtu.be

Experiences and Feelings

• What Everyone Should Know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwPoqQPynEc&feature=youtu.be

Types of Grief

• “Why Is Grief So Hard?” Types of Grief & Loss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbRh917mbKg&feature=youtu.be
• Complicated Grief: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK99oRzzYO4&feature=youtu.be

Grieving a Death or Loss

• When Someone You Love Dies, There Is No Such Thing as Moving On: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYWlCGbbDGI&feature=youtu.be
• Against Grieving in Silence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zIFGl5tPQQ&feature=youtu.be

Stages of Grief

• The Truth About the Five Stages of Grief: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LudhllbeXs&feature=youtu.be

Coping with Grief

• Five Powerful Ways To Deal With Death, Grief & Loss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLWpngMUj_M&feature=youtu.be
• Twelve Suggestions for Dealing with Grief and Loss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQZibL5P0Dg&feature=youtu.be

Grief and COVID-19

• Losing a Loved One During Covid 19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn_EsoPddIc&feature=youtu.be
• Grief and COVID-19 – Mourning What We’re Missing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcBTBSrAg-8&feature=youtu.be
• Ask the Expert – Grief and Coping During COVID-19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqa_8F3dhDI&feature=youtu.be

Finding Meaning in Grief

• Finding Meaning in Grief: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgG0D2O19S8&feature=youtu.be

Dr. Manny Lopez is the BCC campus contact for these courses. Please contact him with any questions at Manny.Lopez@bcc.cuny.edu.