As the Fall term approaches, I am reaching out to remind the MacEwan community about Headversity, an innovative app for supporting personal wellness.

Positive results

Free to MacEwan employees/students, Headversity is designed to help anyone think, feel and be better both personally and professionally/academically through quick, interactive training sessions. It’s like having a personalized resilience trainer in your pocket – and it’s free for the MacEwan community!

Headversity has something for everyone … whether you’re feeling stressed or depressed, having trouble focusing, working on building your personal brand or looking at effectively managing your overall mental wellbeing and emotions.

Using Headversity is easy and gets results – more than 95 per cent of MacEwan Headversity users reported that they found the content useful and relevant and were motivated to act positively after using the app!

Focus on you

The Headversity app focuses on six core skills:

  • Confidence – practice positive self-talk and visualization, and cultivate a sense of inner calm, self-assurance and mental readiness.
  • Purpose – explore your passions, values and strengths, and take intentional steps towards creating a fulfilling life path.
  • Compassion – reduce stress and stigma in your life. develop your understanding of others by practicing empathy, compassion and fairness.
  • Grit – use determination, perseverance and positive mindset to overcome challenges and achieve personal growth and success.
  • Focus – channel your awareness on to the present moment to cultivate greater clarity, calmness and self-awareness.
  • Recharge – prioritize self-care activities that nourish your physical wellbeing.

Accessing Headversity

Download the Headversity app from iTunes or Google Play, using access code MCWNS2.

Your wellness is important

I hope you’ll take the time to explore Headversity, which is only one of the many health and wellness tools offered by the university. Your wellbeing is a priority here and we urge you to take advantage of the resources available to you.

 

Helen Ngan-Paré
Associate Vice-President, Human Resources, Finance and Administration

Originally distributed via GlobalMail on August 31, 2023