Your Best Public Health Life: Well-being and Impact (Introductory course)

• Professionals with at least seven years of experience in domestic or global public health work (including health care, academic, government, and civil society settings) 
• Faculty and public health professionals who want to gain clarity on their career path and purpose, enhance their well-being and resilience, develop strategies for managing stress and maintaining work-life balance, and create a sustainable and impactful public health career 

Cultivate your public health well-being and impact. This one-credit course will equip you with tools and strategies to thrive in both your career and your personal life. Through a blend of self-discovery exercises, interactive sessions, and expert presentations, you'll gain clarity on your purpose, develop strategies to nurture your well-being, and create a personalized action plan to achieve balance and lasting impact. 

Participants will: 

• Define your "why": Explore your motivations for pursuing public health and reimagine what's possible in your career. 

• Enhance well-being: Discover practices to strengthen your well-being including physical, mental, emotional, and intuition. 

• Develop adaptability: Learn strategies to navigate challenges and uncertainty. 

• Strengthen relationships: Explore practices to cultivate healthy relationships in your personal and professional life. 

• Create an action plan: Develop a personalized plan to integrate well-being practices and strategies for achieving your public health goals. 

By the end of the course, learners will be able to: 

• Define their purpose and motivation for their public health career and personal well-being 

• Identify three or more strategies to support their public health career and personal well-being development 

• Create an integrated 3-month personal action plan to adapt to career and personal well-being challenges and opportunities