What's on This Page?
- What does it mean to be well?
- How are you feeling?
- What's on your mind?
- What can you do for yourself?
- How's your sex life?
- Are you getting your check-ups?
- What does support look like for you?
Wellness includes activities that make us feel good, challenges we can learn to manage, and other quality-of-life aspects. This collection of materials features tools and perspectives to support women's holistic wellness and overall well-being.
This collection offers additional resources alongside our newest wellness pamphlet, Get the Facts: Caring for Your Whole Self. Download a printable PDF of the pamphlet, or order free print copies for your organization!
What does it mean to be well?
SHE/HER/THEY
SHE/HER/THEY is an educational outreach initiative focused on improving engagement in care, health outcomes, and well-being for women living with and vulnerable to HIV while promoting language justice and holistic wellness through a non-stigmatizing lens.
Women Like Us – Aging Positively
Women Like Us – Aging Positively focuses on increasing overall health and wellness among women aging with HIV by increasing social connectedness and access to relevant health information.
Reproductive Options
People living with HIV can, and do, have healthy pregnancies and give birth to children who are not living with HIV. They may also choose not to experience pregnancy. The Well Project's materials and programs offer a wealth of information about these experiences for women living with HIV across the gender spectrum.
How are you feeling?
The Holistic Benefits of Physical Activity: A Girl Like Me LIVE
On Thursday, August 28, join us for a discussion around the vital role of physical activity and exercise in our lives.
Complementary Therapies
Get basic information on some common complementary therapies. Learn which can help and which may be harmful for people living with HIV.
Nutrition and HIV
Learn why nutrition is so important to people living with HIV, how it is measured, and several ways to stay healthy by eating smarter.
Smoking and Tobacco Use
Learn how smoking and using tobacco affects your HIV, the ways it can hurt your health, and the good news about getting help with quitting.
Physical Activity, Exercise, and HIV
Learn about physical activity and exercise – what they are and how much you need to stay healthy. Also get low-tech tips on how to get moving!
What's on your mind?
Mental and Behavioral Health, Women, and HIV
We can take steps to feel and live better, but individual responses are not the whole story when it comes to health. Learn more about factors affecting mental and behavioral health for women living with HIV.
Black Women Living with and Vulnerable to HIV in the US: Leadership Exchange LIVE
In this practical, dynamic conversation, two Black women experts lift up the unique needs, priorities, and insights of Black women living with and vulnerable to HIV.
Navigating Mental Health Care: A Girl Like Me LIVE
Watch this discussion between a therapist offering non-judgmental services to individuals across the gender spectrum and a woman living with HIV who has sought mental health care.
Stress Management
Learn about common signs and causes of stress, how stress affects women living with HIV, and how to reduce and cope with stress in your life.
Substance Use, Addiction, and HIV
Learn about substance use, how it can affect you, how it relates to HIV, how to tell if you have a problem, and what to do.
What can you do for yourself?
Prioritizing Self-Care and Self-Love: A Girl Like Me LIVE
Watch this empowering discussion exploring the essential themes of self-love and self-care and offering practical techniques for prioritizing your mental and emotional health amidst the challenges life brings.
Sharing the Journey from Stigma to Mindfulness: A Recap from AIDS 2024
Read about how The Well Project blogger Louise Vallace found mindfulness practice after her HIV diagnosis, and watch a webinar version of her presentation on the topic from AIDS 2024.
Finding Love with HIV: How Yoga and Self-Discovery Changed My Life
"HIV had kept me locked in fear for over a decade, constantly worrying about stigma and judgement. But I reminded myself of everything I had learned through yoga, meditation, and mindfulness: Stay present." by Aunty Lou's House
Stay Well at Home with The Well Project
In response to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Well Project launched Stay Well at Home with The Well Project, on April 8, 2020.
How's your sex life?
Sexual Health and Pleasure
Despite the key role of sex in women's well-being, sexual and reproductive health are too often disconnected from HIV. The Well Project's materials and programs affirm the importance of pleasure, sex positivity, and reproductive justice for women living with HIV across the gender spectrum.
Getting Your Sexy On!!
Does HIV make it hard for you to feel sexy or be intimate? Get some tips about how to boost your sex-esteem and put the pleasure back in sex!
Sex, Pleasure, and PrEP: Leadership Exchange LIVE
For National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (#NWGHAAD), The Well Project presented a powerful discussion on sex, pleasure, and PrEP. Watch now!
PrEP for Women
Learn what pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is and how it works, what research says, guidelines, cost factors, and more.
What's a Girl Gotta Do to Get Some?
"Not only do I want these things, I deserve them. So does everyone else living with HIV. Shift the paradigm. Let's talk about pleasure." by Red40something
HIV, Women, and Menopause: The Well Project Leadership Exchange
This episode of Leadership Exchange LIVE features four experts taking a deep dive into menopause among women living with HIV.
Talking with Your Partner about Condoms
Learn why condoms are important for women living with HIV, what types are available, how to talk to your partner about condom use, and more.
Serodifferent Partners: Dating, Relationships, and Mixed HIV Status
People living with HIV can have loving relationships and great sex with HIV-negative partners. Learn more about dating, intimacy, and long-term partnerships.
Safer Sex
Get basic information on what safer sex is and is not, how to practice different forms of safer sex, and tips on thinking things through ahead of time.
Providing for Women's Well-Being: A Sexual Health Conversation Guide for Clinicians
Providers can normalize HIV and integrate prevention into efforts to support women's overall health. Browse this resource for talking points and shareable infographics to help inspire and guide these crucial conversations.
Are you getting your check-ups?
What Health Screenings Can Help Me Age Positively?
Even if you do not have symptoms or other warning signs, being on top of screenings can help catch health conditions early – and help you live your healthiest possible life.
Gynecologic Care and HIV: What to Expect and Preparing for Appointments
Learn about GYN care, what to expect with breast and pelvic exams, questions to ask your provider, and more.
Aging Positively: Health Screenings for Women With HIV – Leadership Exchange LIVE
Some health conditions are more common in women living with HIV as we grow older. Check out this enlightening episode of Leadership Exchange LIVE.
What does support look like for you?
A Girl Like Me LIVE!
Check out The Well Project's A Girl Like Me LIVE!, an interactive, livestreaming series created to advance health and wellness education among women living with and vulnerable to HIV.
Hearts and Minds of The Well Project
Hearts and Minds of The Well Project is a storytelling project that shines a spotlight on some of the extraordinary individuals who have been instrumental over the past 20 years in making The Well Project the organization it is today.
Connect With Us
Use the features of The Well Project's website to engage with us and other members. Create and share a profile, follow other members, comment on blogs and groups, or even start your own group. We are excited for you to make this space your community!
