Online
The GW Resiliency & Well-being Center (R&W Center) is pleased that you've joined us for this Lifestyle Modification Group Visits program focused on the self-management of prehypertension/hypertension using a whole health care model.
This free online program is open to all faculty and staff in the GW Medical Enterprise—GW School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Medical Faculty Associates, and GW Hospital—and Children's National Hospital.
Week 1: Orientation (1/6)
Facilitators: Ashley Drapeau, PA-C, MPAS, MAC, LAc, behavioral services physician assistant, and Viktoriya Karakcheyeva, MD, MS, NCC, LCPC, LCADS, behavioral services director, R&W Center
- Welcome
- What to expect
- Goal setting
Week 2: Stress reduction (1/13)
Facilitator: Lorenzo Norris, MD, chief wellness officer, GW medical enterprise, and medical director, R&W Center
- Learn how to recognize your stressors
- Review simple ways to cope with stress at work and home
- Mindfulness skill session
Week 3: Nutrition (1/20)
Facilitator: Leigh Frame, PhD, MHS, CERT ’20, associate director, R&W Center
- Learn how small changes in your diet can have a big impact
- Learn how to eat healthy without giving up all the foods you love
- Cooking demonstration
Week 4: Physical activity (1/27)
Facilitator: Kyle Levers, Ph.D., CSCS,*D, assistant professor of exercise science director, Metabolism and Exercise Testing Laboratory, Department of Exercise & Nutrition Sciences, GW Milken Institute School of Public Health
- Learn how to add physical activity to your life, even if you don’t think you have time
- Review different types of physical activity
- Yoga demonstration
Be empowered to make healthy lifestyle changes while receiving and providing motivation and support to each other!