Subject: Your GUWellness Update for August 2015
From: Charles DeSantis <[email-masked]>
To: "Employee.Benefits.Office [Organization]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 14:30:56 -0400

It's transition time! Savor summer and prepare for fall. View this email in
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*Message from Charles "Let's take a summer stroll!"*
*You never know who you'll see at the Thursday walk with Charles.*
Take a break from your desk and enjoy these fleeting summer days. Join him
for the Weekly Walk with Charles
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every Thursday at 12:30 PM starting in Healy Circle. Last week Charles was
joined by (r to l) John Attelah, Medical School Dean, Ray Mitchell, Jesse
Boyette, Greg Miller, George Trenchard and Tracy Zajac.

*Choose to Move Champions:*
*Congratulations to the Village People*
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The 18-member team, the Village People, moved their way up the leaderboard
from third to first place during the second half of the Choose to Move
Challenge. Read more...
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Congratulations to: Pim Thukral, Naresh Mutala, Chris Patterson, Marjorie
Boursiquot, Julie Cross, Keysha, Payton, Willem Roos, Sheila Thompson,
Shelton Bellamy, Mary Schmiedel, Jon Hendrix, Moore Mbugua, LaKecia Miller,
Caroline Kariemu-Brazell, Henry Stephens, Claudette Richardson, Linda
Buckley and Geneva Thorne. *(Not all made it to the photo shoot.)*

*Congratulations *to the final Fitbit winner, Tanesha Stewart!

*Thanks to everyone who participated! You rose to the challenge...big time:*
*Total minutes of tracked activity among active participants:*
*427,673 minutes* (that's the equivalent of 297 days!)

*Average minutes of activity per person:*
*1495 minutes *(that's just over 24 hours, or 4 hours per week over the
course of the competition)

*Healthy Cooking Demo @ Leo's *
*Free food alert. *

Join health and wellness professional (and healthy cooking guru!) Candace
Gunn on *Tuesday, August 11 at 3 pm in Leo's Dining Hall* for this cooking
demonstration using fresh, seasonal foods. Attendees will enjoy a tasty,
late afternoon snack - just in time to curb those late day cravings! Also,
as an added bonus, you'll learn about the healthy eating options available
on-campus - at Leo's and beyond. Don't miss out on this fun and delicious
event. *Register today!
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 *Stressed out about retirement? *
*Help is on the way.*During the month of August there are some stellar
financial planning resources available to Georgetown University's faculty
and staff. If you're feeling anxious about an impending retirement, take
action and register for one (or both) today.

*Retirewise*
August 24 & 31, 10 am - 1 pm, Leavey Program Room
This two- session program will guide you through retirement planning A - Z.
Everything from budgeting, investing, social security and medicare is
covered.  If you need more guidance for your situation, you will have the
option to meet personally with a local financial professional to discuss
your specific circumstances and goals.
*Register today*.

*Retirement Orientation*
August 12, 9:30 - 11 am, Leavey Program Room
This new program is offered each month and designed to provide you with an
informative, practical and thoughtful orientation on how to navigate the
retirement process at Georgetown. Not sure if you are eligible to retire?
*Register*, and find out!

*More wellness for your wallet *
*Special discounts and offers available through Beneplace & GUAdvantage*

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Faculty and staff have access to many discounts through the GUAdvantage
discount portal at http://www.beneplace.com/georgetown
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You'll find deals hotels, resorts, moving resources, theme parks, movie
tickets, restaurants, electronics and so much more.

*Your Weigh...Together*
*Are you ready to transform your approach to weight loss?*

This new group program for weight management and healthy living offers 11
weeks of professionally delivered sessions in a fun, educational
and supportive environment. With *Your Weigh…Together,*you’ll receive:

* * Individualized support for goals and planning;*A digital pedometer and
resource filled workbook;*
**A web-based food and activity tracking tool with meal plans and grocery
lists;*
**Strategies to deal with your eating triggers*

If you’re looking for a little support to achieve big-time goals, join
*Your Weigh…Together. *
Weekly sessions will be held 12:15 - 1:15 pm in Darnall Hall on
Tuesdays, September 22 and run through December 8, 2015.
Learn more and register today
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is limited.

*Yates closed for annual maintenance*
*August 8 - 16*

Yates Memorial Field House will be closed for annual repairs and cleaning
next week. Take the opportunity to get outside, join the weekly walk with
Charles or just relax. Yates will be open again for your fitness pleasure
on Monday, August 17.

*GUWellness Fall Sneak Preview: *
*Cultivating a mindful and compassionate whole life*

Get ready for a new monthly line-up of topics and practices to support and
nourish you in living a mindful and compassionate life!  This year,
Mind-Body Connections (MBC) and Creative Spark are aligning our programming
so that we support you in deepening your wellness journey.  We wanted to
give you sneak-peak at some of the topics for our monthly line up:

   - developing your emotional intelligence (have you seen the movie
   *Inside-out* yet?),
   - dealing with those tougher emotions like grief and anger (just in time
   for the holidays!),
   - how to deal with distractions and focus on what matters,
   - cultivating sacred space around you and within you,
   - creating a DIY mid-winter retreat, and
   - how to wrap up the end-of-the-school year with a nourished nervous
   system.

In MBC, as usual, we’ll have time for exploring the monthly topic as well
as meditation or learning the practice for that month. We’ll also explore
really specific strategies for taking the topic back into your work space
and home life.  In Creative Spark, the creative juices will be flowing with
things like creating a vision board, mandalas, and mindful and therapeutic
journaling.

Join us, starting in September, for a year-long exploration of mindfulness
and compassion in community with one another. If you just can't wait until
next month....you can register for September's MBC
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 and Creative Spark
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today.
We're looking forward to taking this journey with you.

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Happening this Month**• 8/11:* P
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Yourself: Income options in retirement
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(TIAA-Cref
Webinar)
*•  8/12:* Gaining Insight: Navigating debt consolidation & understanding
the mortgage process
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(TIAA-Cref
Webinar)
*• 8/13:* Halfway There: A retirement checkup
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Webinar)
*• 8/24 & 8/31:* Retirewise
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• *8/11: *H
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Cooking Demo@ Leo's
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• *8/25: *Riding Your Bike Safely in Traffic
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• *9/22-12/8: *Your Weigh....*Together*
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• *Yates Closed:* August 8 - 16
• *Fridays:* Free Yoga for Faculty & Staff at Yates
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• *Ongoing:* Personal Training Sessions at Yates
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• *Ongoing:* Private Tennis, Racquet Ball & Squash Lessons at Yates
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• *Thursdays:* Bereavement Support Group
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(NO
MEETING AUG 6)
• *Weekdays: *Group Meditation at the John Main Center
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