Health & Wellbeing
Wellbeing is the experience of health, happiness, and prosperity. It includes having good mental health, high life satisfaction, a sense of meaning or purpose, and ability to manage stress. More generally, wellbeing is just feeling well. Below you will find resources to help your health and wellbeing.
- Recommended Apps
Great for beginners and experts alike. Learn mindful and loving-kindness meditation.
Guided meditations focused on stress and anxiety, sleeping, movement and exercise, and more. The free version includes basic meditations and special pack focused on the current events. The Student version is only $9.99 per year.
This free app offers guided meditations for sleep, anxiety, and stress.
Calm – Meditation app with a large library of guided courses, nature sounds, and video lessons on mindful movement. There is a free version and a paid version.
Smiling Mind is a completely free mindfulness website and app. Includes programs for adults and for kids.
This free app, originally designed for gamers, allows groups of friends to create a shared server and host chats on different topics, as well as an open audio channel if folks would like to chat as if you were working or gaming in the same room.
This free Google Chrome extension lets you synchronize what you're watching on Netflix with friends and chat about the movie - or whatever!
The Bon Appétit staff have compiled a fantastic list of recipes to get us through, highlighting recipes with 5 or fewer ingredients, recipes that freeze well, recipes for comfort foods, and recipes for pantry staples like canned tomatoes, pasta, and beans.
Tons of recipes with step-by-step video instructions.
The New York Times offers recipes for simple dishes that can be made mostly with what you have on hand. This article is part of a larger collection of self-quarantine-friendly recipes.
This app offers over 80,000 recipes from Food Network experts. There is a free version of the app with access to recipes, and a paid version that includes videos of your favorite chefs cooking live.
This app lets you write and send thank-you notes to people in your life. It also includes features like inspirational quotes, reminders to practice gratefulness throughout the day, and of course, the ability to jot down what you’re grateful for.
This app lets you create entries with words and photos.
“Imagine a movie that includes every day of the rest of your life”
- Animal Webcams
Lions, tigers and bears, oh my! Just want a cute and cuddly distraction? Check out several different animal live cam options from watching silly sea otters and curious elephants or just mellow out to the hypnotic drifting jellyfish. - Missing March Madness? Join for some March Madness fun of our own, Disney edition, everyday through our stories.
- – A soothing experience even if you aren’t following along.