Personal resilience

Guidance for short or long-term goals

Consult with a health coach

During this single session, you’ll gain clarity on a change you want to make and how to start.

Health coaching

In four to eight sessions, you’ll obtain tools you need to live a more positive, resilient life.

Freedom from Smoking: Tobacco cessation coaching

Develop tools to help you quit tobacco for good with the help of personalized coaching.

Resources for increasing resilience

Headspace

The Headspace app, free to eligible employees, provides access to a variety of resources related to meditation and mindfulness.

Calming spaces

Calming spaces are great tools for supporting mental and emotional well-being in the workplace. They offer opportunities to slow down, recharge and decompress.

Becoming Wildly Resilient

Each podcast, vodcast and video delves into a unique well-being topic through conversations with university experts, practical exercises and guided meditations.

Color Kentucky Healthy

Refocus, remain calm and relieve stress at work with a coloring mural!

Call 911 for emergencies

If you’re experiencing a mental health crisis or emergency, such as imminent danger of causing harm to yourself or others, immediately call 911 or visit your nearest hospital emergency room.

If you or someone you know is currently in distress and considering suicide, immediately contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 (call, text or chat).

Contact UKHC EmPATH for any mental health or substance use crises: 859-562-3899; 1354 Bull Lea Road, Lexington, KY. Walk-ins welcome.

Classes and workshops

Bend, Don’t Break May 2026

A seven-week online course to deepen calm, connection and resilience in your body and brain.

Happy Healthy Human Watch for upcoming dates

In this seven-week series, learn to cultivate more curiosity, compassion and resilience in your well-being.

MIEA (Mindfulness Institute for Emerging Adults) June 2026

This four-week online class is an introduction to mindfulness and meditation.

Mindful Self-Compassion Series Fall 2026

An opportunity to learn, practice and bring more self-compassion into our lives. Four zoom sessions.

Request a work-life or well-being workshop

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New! Well at UK is your virtual wellness hub for work and home

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News

September 01, 2026

For more than a year, I had a plant in my office that needed to be repotted. I knew it. The plant definitely knew it. Every time I looked at it, I thought, I really need to repot that plant. And then I kept walking. But last week, I finally did it. Bigger pot, fresh soil, fifteen minutes of work. I’m a little embarrassed by how satisfying it felt to finally finish such a small project, and it made me wonder why I’d put it off for so long.

July 29, 2026

Mid-Year Health Check-In

As we move into the second half of the year, it's a great time to pause and reflect on your overall well-being. While many of us set health goals in January, summer offers a natural opportunity to reassess, celebrate progress, and make adjustments where needed. Instead of focusing on perfection, consider this a wellness check-in across several key areas that influence your health, happiness, and quality of life. Physical Activity: Are You Moving Enough?

July 01, 2026

The Quiet Power of Mattering

Almost every week, someone notices the wall hanging behind me during a Zoom coaching session. It says: You Matter. Sometimes my health coaching clients mention it right away. Other times, they notice it after we have talked about stress, burnout, a difficult season at work, or the familiar feeling of wondering, Am I doing enough?

June 01, 2026