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New Workshop: Creating Calm: Stress Management Tools to Support Well-being

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Now more than ever, we need to be equipped with tools and strategies to adapt to stressors both in the workplace and in our personal lives. In this workshop, you will learn simple, science-backed techniques including breathwork, mindfulness, and self-reflection to help manage stress and build better resilience for the future. Then you will discover how a holistic approach utilizing everyday healthy habits can help to proactively support mental well-being and create more space for calm.

To register, please fill out the registration link. This presentation will be recorded and made available after the meeting.

If you have any questions about this workshop, please reach out to Ashley Parker, Health and Well-being Specialist, at aseparke@ucsc.edu.

Workplace Mental Health Training for Supervisors and Managers

The Office of Risk Services has partnered with OHSU’s Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Services to provide mental health support training to UCSC supervisors and managers. 

This evidence based program teaches leaders:

  • To identify employee mental health struggles
  • Appropriate ways to respond to employee warning signs
  • Practical strategies to reduce employee stress

Employees whose managers and supervisors were trained in this program report:

  • Reduced anger and loneliness
  • Improved feelings of support from manager
  • Increased feelings of team cohesion

This training is now open to all supervisors and managers at UCSC. Our next training session is TBD, and will comprise the following:

  • A self paced online training session
  • A live, virtual one hour session
  • A two-week voluntary virtual check in

If you would like to participate in the next training, please fill out this form. Please note that space is limited. Folks added to the waitlist will be given priority for our next training session.

To learn more, please visit the Workplace Mental Health Training for Supervisors and Managers website.

If you have any questions about this training, please reach out to Jessica Bulleri, Campus Health and Well-being Manager, at jbulleri@ucsc.edu.


If you have further questions about wellness workshops, please reach out to Jessica Bulleri, Campus Health and Well-being Program Manager, at jbulleri@ucsc.edu.


Last modified: Aug 15, 2025