TimelyCare: Keep Your Gratitude Practices Going!

April 30, 2024 / Get Well

NOVA wellness partner TimelyCare joins the Office of Employee Wellness and Wellbeing (OEWW) in celebrating those who participated in this spring’s Gratitude and Appreciation Week. Let’s keep the spirit of the week going! For those who haven’t yet joined in, please consider exploring the content.

Harvard Health Publishing reports that “gratitude helps people feel more positive emotions, relish good experiences, improve their health, deal with adversity and build strong relationships,” and TimelyCare offers a selection of resources to help you get and keep the momentum going. Get registered before concerns arise! It takes only a few minutes to download the app and connect to access TimelyCare’s free services. (Be sure to use your VCCS email address to log in.) Additionally, new TimelyCare registrants are eligible to win a $25 Amazon gift card by creating a TimelyCare account on or before Wednesday, May 15. All NOVA employees (full‐time, part‐time/adjunct, p-14) are eligible.

For more information on TimelyCare for employees, visit us on NOVAnet. Please direct your TimelyCare employee questions to employeewellbeing@nvcc.edu.

Ready to level up?
TimelyCare registrants, try the following gratitude and appreciation practices from TimelyCare’s Self-Care content:

  • “Chill Vibes” meditation video — melt away stress with easy breaths to help you relax.
  • “Visualizing Clouds” meditation video — notice and let go of a thought with this guided practice.
  • “Grounding Technique You Can Use Anywhere” article — ease your stress with the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding exercise.
  • “Loving Kindness” meditation video — speak love to yourself and others to cultivate compassion.
  • “Pep Walk” meditation video — on the way to class or out walking? Put a little pep in your step and soak up the vibes.
  • “Happy Days” yoga video — welcome strength, joy and playfulness into your yoga practice.
  • “Hopeful Future” meditation video — let go of fear. See and believe that goodness is coming your way.

Get started with TimelyCare today. Your future self will thank you!

Flyer advertising TimelyCare giveaway. Top right corner: TmelyCare logo Header: Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card! 1. Download the TimelyCare app. 2. Register via your school email address. Contest ends May 15, 2024 At bottom left is image of a telephone displaying screenshot of the TimelyCare app. At right are images of QR codes leading to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Above QR codes is stock photo of a woman wearing a white T-shirt and a yellow sweater; she smiles while looking down at her phone. timelycare dot com forward slash VCCS

Submitted by: 
Dahlia Henry-Tett, Chief Wellness Officer (CWO), employeewellbeing@nvcc.edu