{"id":62981,"date":"2023-01-30T11:32:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T16:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=62981"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:23:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:23:47","slug":"wellness-in-the-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/wellness-in-the-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellness in the Workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/01\/wellness-canva.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-62982 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/01\/wellness-canva-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/01\/wellness-canva-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/01\/wellness-canva-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/01\/wellness-canva-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/01\/wellness-canva-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/01\/wellness-canva-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/01\/wellness-canva-301x215.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2023\/01\/wellness-canva.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>It\u2019s the beginning of 2023. Many people are taking longer walks, watching what goes on their plate or quitting unwanted habits to improve their mental and physical health. The UNC Department of Medicine is creating strategies to help employees bring that same focus to their wellbeing at work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhen I think of wellness, it\u2019s not just the absence of depression, anxiety or severe psychological distress, but it\u2019s the addition of positive things in people\u2019s lives where they\u2019re feeling valued at home and by their institution,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/lindsey-a-rosman-phd\/\">Lindsey A. Rosman, PhD<\/a>, assistant professor and clinical health psychologist in the Division of Cardiology, said<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Rosman is also the Department\u2019s wellness champion. <a href=\"https:\/\/hr.unc.edu\/benefits\/work-life\/wellness-champions\/\">This evolving program<\/a> at the University of North Carolina is made up of around 30 professionals. With clinical, education, scholarship and research subgroups, the Wellness Committee meets to identify and address the needs of specific faculty and staff populations. Dr. Rosman can provide teammates with psychological and wellness resources or referrals and has an open-door policy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37962\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 227px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/09\/lindsey_rosman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37962 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/09\/lindsey_rosman-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"lindsey-rosman-apple-devices-interview-appleinsider\" width=\"217\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/09\/lindsey_rosman-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/09\/lindsey_rosman-301x376.jpg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/09\/lindsey_rosman.jpg 384w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Lindsey A. Rosman, PhD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere is a lot of focus on burnout and preventing it. We are also focusing on embracing a more wellness focused culture. Since many of us don\u2019t use all our sick days, I\u2019m championing an idea where one or two of those days would be labeled as wellness days for people to participate in self-care,\u201d Dr. Rosman added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s the beginning of 2023. Many people are taking longer walks, watching what goes on their plate or quitting unwanted habits to improve their mental and physical health. 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