FamilyeJournal Wellness Program for Organizational Mental Health & Emotional Well-being

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Wellness

"...a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.“

The World Health Organization



Mental Health

“A state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.”1

1http://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/basics.htm


http://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/basics.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/basics.htm


Achieving Wellness Success For Employees

• Physical health• Mental health• Emotional well-being• Innovation – keeping wellness fresh• Technology – making wellness easily accessible• Work/Life balance – they support each other



Connection is a basic human need.– Abraham Maslow, 1943, Hierarchy of Needs

Relationships and feeling connected to others supports our mental health and emotional well-being.

– National Health Service, United Kingdom



Connection Research

1. “Having warm relationships was strongly correlated with greater lifelong happiness.” – Triumphs of Experience by George E. Vaillant, Harvard University, 2012.

2. “A 2002 study of 222 students in the US found that the happiest among the group had stronger social relationships than those who were less happy.” – Very Happy People, Diener et al.

3. “Less-restrictive visitation resulted in higher patient and family satisfaction and a marked decrease in formal complaints.” – Visitation in Critical Care, Roland, Patricia BSN, RN, CCRN et al. 2001.

4. “Parent-family connectedness was protective against: emotional distress, suicidal thoughts/behaviors, violence, cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana and sexual debut.” – Protecting Adolescents from Harm, Resnick et al. 1997.



FamilyeJournal strengthens relationships1 and improves family connection.

Answer 4 simple question per eJournal and then share privately with your family.

1Asbury, Trey, PhD and Kevin Strauss, ME, FamilyeJournal as an Online Relationship Enhancement Tool, SOJ Psychology, 2014.



What is FamilyeJournal?

Guided Group Journaling – Innovating Connection• Asynchronous, written communication

• Q&A format that changes daily (preset or custom)

• Conversation initiator

• A way to level the playing field for sharing and communication

• Small groups sharing personal, but not private, information



How does it work?

• Answer and share 4 database questions to create one eJournal

• Read answers from only your family members• New questions available anytime• Takes ~5 minutes from any smartphone, tablet, computer• Available 24/7/365, worldwide and in 72 languages• Complete anonymity and privacy• Total family wellness



Sample Questions(New question sets available anytime with no limits.)

1. If you had $1000 to spend on anything, what would you choose?

2. How would you rate your day on a scale of 1-10?3. Look outside your window and describe what you see.4. What was your first thought when you awoke this

morning?



What Can You Measure?

When a person feels connected their behaviors can improve in many areas.

• Attendance, involvement, engagement• Stress, presenteeism, unscheduled absences, productivity• Overall behavior, morale, cooperation• Self-confidence, self-esteem• Physical health (e.g. blood pressure, weight loss, illness,

disease, etc.)• Reduces drugs, alcohol, depression, suicide, bullying, etc.



FEJ for Your Organization

1. Offered as part of your Employee Wellness for employees to use with their own family.

2. Your organization cares about its employees and their family. Happy at Home -> Happy at Work

3. E.g. 2500-5000 employees = $2499/yeara) Includes monthly aggregate data reportsb) $0.50-$1/employee, annually

4. In-place and available to all employees in less than one week



Happy eJournaling!!!

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