Gratitude

Gratitude is an important emotional and mental health practice. Regularly taking the time to slow down, reflect on what we are grateful for, and express that gratitude strengthens and nurtures our emotional and mental well-being, while helping us be more resilient in the face of stress and suffering. Rituals, traditions, and practices of expressing gratitude and thanks can be seen in almost all cultures, religious and spiritual traditions, as well as many medicinal and healing traditions. Research has proven the positive impact practicing gratitude has on mental and physical illness and suffering.

Services

Gratitude Postcard Tabling

LiveWell offers Gratitude Postcard Tabling throughout the year. Please submit a Gratitude Postcard Tabling request if you’re interested in LiveWell tabling at your event or fair.

Events

We are grateful for our UW community! Each year, LiveWell and our wonderful campus partners celebrate the practice of gratitude, and each other, through our annual Husky Gratitude Challenge, typically held in autumn quarter, and Gratitude Postcard tabling events throughout the year.

Husky Gratitude Challenge

LiveWell and our campus partners host the Husky Gratitude Challenge each autumn quarter.

Your Peer Health Educators design new postcards for you to use in expressing gratitude to those in your life. We physically mail your note of gratitude on the postcard of your choice anywhere in the world for FREE.

In our current excessively virtual world, letters offer a much needed break from screens and are a special way to reconnect with the people you care about.

2024 Husky Gratitude Challenge postcard station locations

Astronomy & Physics Department in Physics/Astronomy Building (PAB) B325
Associated Students of the University of Washington (ASUW) in Husky Union Building (HUB) 141
Career & Internship Center in Mary Gates Hall (MGH) 134
Center for International Relations & Cultural Leadership Exchange (CIRCLE) in Schmitz Hall 250
Commuter & Transfer Commons in Husky Union Building (HUB) 141
Counseling Center in Schmitz Hall 401
D Center in Husky Union Building (HUB) 327
First Year Programs Office in Mary Gates Hall (MGH) 120
Honors Department & Advising Office in Mary Gates Hall (MGH) 211
Husky Union Building (HUB) Lobby
University of Washington Intramural Activities Building (IMA)
Maple Hall
McMahon Hall (MCM)
Odegaard Undergraduate Library
Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center
School of Law Affairs – Registrar & Advising Office
Terry Hall
The Daily in Thomson Hall (THO) 144