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. Cultivating strong habits of practicing gratitude is both prevention and treatment.
LiveWell educates and engages our UW community on gratitude through the services, events, and resources below:
Services
Gratitude Postcard tabling for campus partners
LiveWell offers Gratitude Postcard tabling throughout the year as a free add-on service to the activities and events of other campus partners, such as departments or Registered Student Organizations. Our Peer Health Educators will come to your event or program, bring our uniquely designed postcards, table and share resources and education, and then mail all collected postcards. Please submit a Gratitude Postcard tabling request if you’re interested in LiveWell providing this educational service at your event.
Events
Gratitude Postcard tabling pop-ups
Your UW 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. Follow our instagram to see when we do a pop-up or table on campus!
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.
Annual Campus-wide Husky Gratitude Challenge
Each year LiveWell and our wonderful campus partners celebrate the practice of gratitude through our annual Husky Gratitude Challenge, typically held in autumn quarter, where we see how much gratitude we can collectively express and mail out all over the world.
Autumn 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
Resources
2025-2026 postcard designs
Coming soon!
Past gratitude postcards
