Think about a time when you took a bite of a food and were transported back to your childhood dinner table, a holiday gathering, or celebration with friends. During National Nutrition Month, we invite you to focus on how food connects us to our cultures, our families and our friends. Sharing a meal is an opportunity to learn about its preparation, who made it, and where the ingredients were sourced. Health conditions, memories, traditions, seasons and access can all impact our relationship with food. While these factors influence the foods we eat, the foods we eat also affect our health. See what food facts and fiction you may know and let 2025 be the year you transform your relationship with food one bite at a time.

Do you skip breakfast or feel guilty when you eat your favorite foods? Are you tired, sluggish, or struggling to be active? Do you find yourself distracted by external cues like a computer or TV while eating? Our eating behaviors have more complexity to them than we often realize and so it may be time for you to try a metabolism makeover through mindful eating.

The practice of using mindful eating techniques can improve metabolic health, musculoskeletal health, and overall well-being by helping you become more aware of hunger cues, eat slower, and make conscious food choices to overcome emotional eating patterns. To place awareness on the menu, enjoy stocking your cupboard, broaden your palate, and truly experience a meal, try a Mindful Eating course with Headspace.

Real Appeal is a healthy lifestyle and weight management program that focuses on nutrition education and empowering members to make healthy choices through access to online wellness content, coaching, and a success kit to measure progress delivered to your door. With just a few small steps, Real Appeal available to those enrolled on a GW medical plan at no cost, can help you develop personalized, easy-to-follow daily habits that will have you feeling your best. Review the program overview and sign up today to take the first step towards lasting change.

In recognition of Women’s History Month, Fidelity and TIAA are offering programming to address the barriers women encounter when on their financial well-being journey. Conversations will focus on inspiring women to tackle financial basics, learning how to make the most of unexpected changes and challenges, understanding women’s health needs and the costs associated with them, and assisting with creating and achieving life and career goals to keep moving forward toward their financial goals. Register for the upcoming March events via the links below.

• TIAA
• Fidelity

Attention 2024 FSA participants! If you have eligible expenses you have not yet submitted for 2024, you have until April 30, 2025 to do so. Please be sure to review these important deadlines. Per IRS requirements, any funds remaining in your account on April 30 will be forfeited. 

The GWell Chapter Chasers Book Club is gearing up for our next book, Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab. All faculty and staff are invited to join us for the reading period that runs March 14 through May 16. It’s a fantastic opportunity to dive into a new story, improve your overall well-being and share your insights with fellow GW colleagues!

Interested in joining? Sign up!

Managers should encourage their direct reports to take their well-earned time away from work throughout the year. In addition, it is important that managers and delegates process their employees' requests in a timely manner ensuring employees' available balances are accurate and allowing them to plan time off in advance.

To learn more about submitting and reviewing time off requests, please review these resources to ensure time off is correctly recorded in the Time Reporting System (TRS). 

Happy Employee Appreciation Month! To show our appreciation of your hard work at GW, please take advantage of additional TicketsatWork discounts all month long. Use promo code Appreciation2025.

If you haven’t signed up yet, click become a member and enter our company code: GWU.

TIAA & Fidelity Retirement Counseling

Retirement plan participants can schedule financial counseling by appointment with TIAA or Fidelity. To book an appointment, call your preferred provider or use the online booking systems listed below:

Fidelity Investments - Make an appointment online or call 800-642-7131.

TIAA - Make an appointment online or call 866-843-5640.

UnitedHealthcare Meetings

Meet virtually with GW’s UnitedHealthcare representative to review outstanding claims and/or ask questions about your medical or vision coverage. Prior to your appointment taking place, you will receive an email to confirm your meeting time.

Schedule an appointment here.

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