CU Wellness Week: Faculty & Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Brown Bag Series
CU Wellness Week: Mental Health and Wellbeing Brown Bag Series
Mental Health and Wellbeing Brown Bag Series:
Burnout Prevention and Recovery
Date: Tuesday, October 13
Time: 10am-11am
Location: CU Denver Building Room 1100 (main level of the CAP Building, 1250 14th St.)
Event is offered in-person only
Description: Burnout Prevention and Recovery
Well-being is a multidimensional concept that reflects the various aspects of our lives; practicing well-being can lead to increased productivity and improved motivation in the workplace. However, stress associated with high-demand professional roles can have negative effects on mental and physical health, which may lead to decreased engagement, high turnover, and mental and emotional strains on personal and professional relationships, among other challenging conditions related to burnout.
This session will highlight the importance of all members of a unit co-creating a work culture that allows for healthy conversations about stress and fatigue. We will discuss the factors that influence burnout and provide strategies on how, no matter what your position in a department, all individuals invested in the growth of healthy personal and professional lives can respond through an ecological perspective to employee well-being.
This session is designed for units prepared to invite dialogue about the factors that lead to stress and burnout within their unit. Therefore, the facilitator may require a meeting with the unit’s leadership to ensure transparency, motivation, and buy-in as we seek creative and sustainable methods to integrate health and wellbeing into the fabric of the unit. All staff and faculty may benefit. The facilitator is also available to present this session in isolation to a unit’s leadership team to help steer strategic direction dialogue.
Facilitated by Stanley Ly, MA, LPC, ACS.
Stanley Ly (he, him, his) [Hear my name ] is the Director of Faculty & Staff Assistance Program . FSAP [“f-sap”], as it is commonly referred, is housed within the Division of Employee Health and Well-Being with the University of Colorado Boulder. Stanley has his Master’s in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology and is a Licensed Professional Counselor. Stanley has been with the University of Colorado Boulder since 2018, amongst other activities, providing counseling services to faculty and staff of the university and overseeing FSAP’s strategic direction to align with campus needs and overall employee well-being, sitting on a permanent seat with the campus’ Threat Assessment Team, and serving as a psychological consultant for administrators and senior leaders interested in improving their area’s well-being and mental health.
This event is part of CU Denver’s Wellness Week Oct. 12 – 15, 2026
There will be a variety of in-person and virtual sessions curated to help employees at every stage of their personal and professional life. Throughout the week, sessions and offerings will explore the dimensions of wellness from financial fundamentals to mental well-being to physical health. We invite you to participate in the sessions and take advantage of this opportunity to invest in yourself, your wellbeing, and your future.
