Headspace, the popular wellness app, is available to UNC Health Employees, a partnership highlighted in a two-part episode of the TarHeal Wellness podcast exploring the partnership and available resources, including evidence-based meditation and mindfulness tools, mental health coaching, therapy, psychiatry, and family support.
Did you know that UNC Health employees have free access to Headspace, the popular wellness app, and its many offerings? In a two-part episode of TarHeal Wellness, a podcast dedicated to the health and wellbeing of UNC Health medical trainees, Dr. Robert Rowe, MD, MBA, MPH speaks with Headspace representatives to explore the partnership and available resources, including evidence-based meditation and mindfulness tools, mental health coaching, therapy, psychiatry and family support.
In part one, Robert speaks with Rachel Schenkemeyer, Strategic Client Account Executive with Headspace, to discuss what Headspace is, the partnership with UNC Health that makes its availability possible, the support it provides, why the app works well for healthcare providers, how they are using it, and how to get started.
In part two, Robert speaks with Sandra Kuhn, LCSW, VP of Employer Workforce Strategy as they take a deeper dive into the science behind its offerings and the many ways the app can help busy health workers with its expansive set of resources. The episode ends with a brief mindfulness meditation.