It’s no secret that employees are still struggling with mental health concerns. The issue took center stage during the pandemic. That’s when it moved from being a personal issue to a workplace challenge. According to a 2024 Mental Health America report, nearly 1 in 4 U.S. adults (23%)—or almost 60 million Americans—experienced a mental illness in 2021-2022. Employees working from home began to look to their employers for tangible assistance. Organizations reacted to the crisis by making efforts to … Read the rest
Category Archives: Work/Life
Transform Workplace Mental Health with a Skills-Based Approach
This article is from the February 2025 issue.
Strategies for Managing Holiday Stress and Anxiety
This article is from the December 2024 issue.
Do you love the holiday season? Do you count down in anticipation of all things holiday? If you don’t, it’s okay. You are not alone. Although the holiday season can be a wonderful time for some, it doesn’t require a stretch of the imagination to understand how it might not be so for everyone. When you consider the financial strain that some feel during this time of year, the endless list of things to do, family drama, the pressure of … Read the rest
Wellness Tips to Help Employees Stay Energized and Focused
This article is from the December 2024 issue.
Winter’s darker, colder months can take a toll on energy, focus, and overall well-being. According to results from a recent Healthy Minds Monthly Poll from the American Psychiatric Association (APA), winter can harm our mental health. Results indicated that Americans are twice as likely to say their mood declines in the winter (41%) as they say it improves (22%). When asked about what behaviors and feelings they noticed during the winter, Americans reported the following:
- 41% ─ Sleeping more
- 28%
How to Have a Good Day at Work
This article is from the November 2024 issue.
How often do you start your workday by jumping right in and getting down to work? You have so much to do that you just want to get started with something – anything so you don’t feel overwhelmed.
Do you write down the things you want to do? Or do you usually just have a mental list of all the things you need to accomplish? There’s just so much to do.
Do you go back and forth between tasks? Or … Read the rest
New Mind the Workplace Report Released
This article is from the October 2024 issue.
Mental Health America (MHA) has released its 2024 Mind the Workplace Report: Healthy Workplaces Lead with Trust and Support. The report explores how business leaders can integrate mental health into their workplace’s infrastructure and culture, from building trust through transparent communication to cultivating supportive people managers. Findings suggest that when employers invest in structural, high-impact practices, employees report more positive experiences of belonging, psychological safety, and empowerment in their workplace, ultimately improving their mental health and well-being.
The … Read the rest
Are You Showing Up the Way You Want Others To?
This article is from the September 2024 issue.
I have a friend who calls me periodically just to say hello. However, when she’s going through a particularly tough time, she calls me twice a week. She begins each conversation by asking, “Are you busy?” If I respond with “Yes,” she says, “Ok, I won’t keep you long. Just let me tell you this.” Then she proceeds to talk for about an hour. Before ending the conversation on our last call, she asked how I was doing. I confessed … Read the rest
Tips to Boost Wellbeing in the Workplace
This article is from the August 2024 issue.
When someone has a heart attack or stops breathing, a bystander often rushes over and performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), attempting to keep the person alive until trained medical personnel arrive. But what happens when someone has a mental health crisis? A mental health crisis is a situation in which an individual’s thoughts, emotions, and behaviors put them in danger of harming themselves or others. As with a physical crisis such as having a heart attack, a mental health crisis can … Read the rest
Are You Being S.M.A.R.T. about Your Mental Health?
This article is from the July 2024 issue.
Most of us have heard about S.M.A.R.T. goals, as many are required to develop and submit S.M.A.R.T. goals as part of our performance evaluations. The S.M.A.R.T. goal method is designed to help us set more achievable goals. It stands for Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Relatable, and Time-bound. Having S.M.A.R.T. goals often helps to eliminate generalities and broad statements. It also makes it easier to track our progress, identify missed milestones and/or deadlines, and provide time/space to course-correct if necessary. Often, … Read the rest
Teaching Life Skills at the Library: Programs and Activities on Money Management, Career Development, and More
This article is from the July 2024 issue.
Mastering life skills such as financial management, career development, cooking, and self-care is important for young and emerging adults as well as older patrons. This book guides libraries towards providing programs and activities that help their users expand these life skills and accomplish their goals.
Between making financial decisions, maintaining a healthy work–life balance, and juggling health, family, friends, and other responsibilities, life can feel overwhelming. Place these same responsibilities on an individual just entering adulthood who has less real-life … Read the rest
Ways to Relieve Stress this Summer
This article is from the June 2024 issue.
During a recent meeting I attended, the host asked participants to list their favorite summer-time activities in the chat for an ice-breaker. As you can imagine, there were plenty of ideas ─going to outdoor concerts, walking along the beach, bike-riding with friends, going to a drive-in movie (do any still exist?), visiting zoos, museums, amusement parks with the kiddies, etc. With school being out and weeks of vacation to use, summer provides the perfect opportunity to spend quality time with … Read the rest
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