Keeping Calm

Overall Support

• Emory University Human Resource's Working Through COVID-19 Support Services
• The National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity has gathered a list of support resources specifically in response to the current climate. These links require an active NCFDD membership, which is free to all Emory faculty and graduate students. (Activate your membership here.)
• Additional resources from NCFDD for faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Mental Health and Wellness

• Emory University School of Medicine's comprehensive Covid-19 Responses: Wellness and Mental Health Resources.
• Emory University School of Medicine’s Faculty Wellness Forum: Covid-19
• The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Faculty Staff Assistance Program (FSAP) has created Zoom group stress debriefing and support sessions. More information is available here.
• The Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics hosts compassion meditation and fellowship sessions twice a day (a morning session from 9:00-9:45 am ET and an evening session from 7:00-7:45 pm ET).
• Video from NCFDD founder Kerrie Ann Rockquemore on how to respond to feeling overwhelmed. 
• Headspace is a mediation mobile app offering a free introductory guide for meditation and mindfulness.
• CDC resources for stress management and coping strategies during the pandemic.
• Advice on anxiety and forming connections during a pandemic (Atlantic article)
• Advice to help you focus on your physical and mental health and wellness (Inside Higher Ed article)
• Greater Good’s Guide to Well-Being during Coronavirus: Practices, resources, and articles for individuals, parents, and educators facing COVID-19 
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Trauma and Justice Strategic Initiative, Coping With Stress During Infectious Disease Outbreaks

Physical Wellness

• Nike Training Club app provides free workouts for all fitness levels.
• Mark Maroun from The Yoga Source offers free classes online during this time of social distancing.
• Emory University’s 2020 Move More Challenge 
• Emory University’s free live-stream yoga

Advice on Work-Life Balance

• CFDE Webinar: Faculty Balancing Student Support and Personal Stress
• Vanessa Dennen’s practical advice for teaching online during COVID-19
• New Facebook group on Pandemic Pedagogy 
• New Facebook group Spring 2020 Online Learning Collective (with a related non-Facebook website) 
• What Do Final Exams Mean During a Pandemic? (The Chronicle of Higher Education article featuring an interview with an Emory professor)
• How to Recover the Joy of Teaching After an Online Pivot (The Chronicle of Higher Education article)
• New Facebook group Spring 2020 Online Learning Collective (with a related non-Facebook website) 
• Advice on beating pandemic burnout (Inside Higher Ed article)
• Advice on balancing parenting and work demands (The Chronicle of Higher Education article)
• An article highlighting how faculty have coped with the pandemic (Inside Higher Ed)
• Teaching Through Coronavirus: What Educators Need Right Now (Teaching Tolerance article)
• Advice on balancing productivity demands and your happiness (The Chronicle of Higher Education article)
• A Healthy Reminder to Educators During School Closures (Teaching Tolerance article)
• Teacher, Interrupted: Leaning into Social-Emotional Learning Amid the COVID-19 Crisis (EdSurge)
• Practical advice to help faculty members focus on their physical and mental health and wellness (Inside Higher Ed)
• A recorded webinar for STEM faculty on supporting yourself and your trainees during the pandemic

 Family Support

• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network, Parent/Caregiver Guide to Helping Families Cope with COVID-19 
• As Covid-19 Erases Line Between Work and Home, Professors Learn to Teach Remotely While Watching Their Kids (The Chronicle of Higher Education article) 
• How to Talk to Your Child about COVID-19 (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta article) 
• Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s resource guide for safe practices for keeping children active during the pandemic
• The ultimate parents’ guide to education and activity resources (Washington Post article)