Now that we know what balanced breakfasts, lunches and snacks look like, let’s dive into dinner! We asked dietitian Ben Atkinson, manager of Outpatient Nutrition, Informatics, & Wellness in the Nutrition Services Department at Harborview Medical Center to point us in the right direction. He shared a few simple guidelines that make healthy dinners uncomplicated and [...]

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On February 21 and 22, The Whole U surprised doctors, nurses, and staff with free chair massages at pop-up locations at Harborview and UW Medical Centers. In four sessions across two days at eight separate locations, 12 licensed massage therapists volunteered their time and mastery of the musculoskeletal system to provide more than 400 staff members with [...]

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Now that we know how to start off our day right with a nutritious breakfast, let’s explore lunch. We asked Judy Simon, dietitian at the UW Medical Center Roosevelt Clinic, adjunct faculty member of the Nutritional Sciences program, and host of our Ask the Dietitian Wednesday Q&A on our Eating Well group, if she would give us [...]

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Many find New Year’s resolutions difficult to maintain—and with busy lives, they can be. But earlier this year, we decided to stash the excuses and take our resolutions to new heights. As part of the Dare to Do Challenge, more than 1,500 University of Washington faculty, staff, and families dedicated themselves to making meaningful, impactful [...]

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 Welcome to the fourth and final week of the Dare to Do 30 Day Challenge! Are you feeling more fit and making better food choices? How about living the organized lifestyle and keeping on track with a new 2017 budget? If the answer is yes—great work, that’s impressive! It can be difficult to make significant [...]

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We’re already on Day 15 of the Dare to Do 30-day Challenge! We recognize it isn’t easy to make multiple lifestyle changes—does one focus on all four areas each day or try and master one area before moving on to the next? We suggests that if you already eat healthy and exercise regularly, try focusing on [...]

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Welcome to Week 2 of the Dare to Do challenge. This 30-day challenge focuses on four areas of wellness: fitness, nutrition, organization, and finances. Balance is not something you find; it’s something you create. After focusing on mindset and motivation in Week 1, this week we will work on strength training, getting greener in our meals, creating [...]

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Did you make a resolution this year? Was it to lose weight, exercise more, save more, spend less, and maybe get a little more organized? Just as the excitement of a New Year resolution may start to wear off, The Whole U is launching our 30-day challenge today. Welcome to week one! Over 1500 UW faculty [...]

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When you think of wellness, do you think of merely food and fitness? Are you an avid exerciser like me, yet your bedroom closet is a complete mess and your finances could be a little better? Or, instead, do you focus only on nutrition and budgets because you feel you have no time to exercise [...]

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Whether your holiday gift list is long or short, December usually means higher than usual expenditures for many of us. So how about some seasonal savings? From fun discounted events and family getaways to rejuvenating floats and home organization sessions, we’re pleased to present these new, exciting discounts for the UW community! LifeFloat The holidays are [...]

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From Woe to Wellness: Strategies for Surmounting Winter’s Worst Changing seasons are often followed by changes in mood or healthy habits. And while biology and behavior vary naturally from season to season, that doesn’t mean there aren’t strategies for combatting the winter blues in all its forms. We identified five of winter’s most widespread woes—whether that’s ice on your running route, [...]

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Thanksgiving is over and we are well on the way to a holiday season full of visitors, gatherings, events, treats, and end of year reports. Over the last three years, The Whole U has published many articles on meditation and mindfulness, so I thought I would draw on some of the best tips and strategies from two [...]

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