EAP Activity Guide

2019

EAP Activity Guide

Helping your employees achieve emotional well-being and a healthy work/life balance is an important, year-round initiative. This EAP+Work/Life Activity Guide can help you plan and promote successful initiatives in your workplace.

The EAP+Work/Life Activity Calendar on the next page includes our monthly newsletter and webinar topics along with suggested activities to get your employees engaged in making healthy changes to support their well-being and create a better work/life balance. In many cases, we can also provide materials you need to announce and promote these activities within your organization.

Remember, this is only a guide—feel free to use some or all of the suggestions, switch up the activities or add your own! Plan your initiatives and activities based on the greatest health needs of your organization.

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Focus on What Matters Most

Webinar Topic: Do Your Bucket List

Suggested Activities:

• Hold lunch & learn on goal-setting; spotlight employee after-work pursuits

• Refer employees to free financial counseling and online tools through the EAP+Work/Life program

• Distribute Flyer: Make Time for What Matters Most

Get Serious about Retirement Saving

Webinar Topic: Tax Savings Strategies

Suggested Activities:

• Hold lunch & learn about retirement planning

• Encourage employees to get help with life retirement planning from the EAP+Work/Life program

• Distribute Flyer: Basic Steps to Retirement Planning

Frontline Newsletter: How the Management Assistance Program can help you

Bounce Back in Times of Change

Webinar Topic: Resilience in Times of Change

Suggested Activities:

• Hold lunch & learn about dealing with change

• Refer employees to the EAP+Work/Life program for mental health issues

• Distribute Flyer: Coping with Sudden Change

E-blast: Summer Camp Sign-up reminder

January February March

April May June

July August September

October November December

Streamline Your Life

Webinar Topic: Clear Your Clutter

Suggested Activities:• Hold a team competition for best

clutter-free workspaces• Refer employees to the EAP+Work/

Life program for for online resources on organization

• Distribute Flyer: Get Rid of Emotional Clutter

Become a Better Supervisor Webinar

E-blast: Alcohol Awareness reminder

Emotions and Eating Habits

Webinar Topic: Emotions Interfering with Healthy Eating?

Suggested Activities:

• Refer employees to the EAP+Work/Life program for personalized and online help with managing emotions, healthy habits

• Distribute Flyer: Stress and Unhealthy Eating Frontline Newsletter: Why rewarding employees is important

E-blast: Mental Health Awareness reminder

Mindfulness to Live More Fully

Webinar Topic: Master Your Mind: Emotional and Physical Health Connections

Suggested Activities:

• Place mindfulness poster in lunchroom

• Refer employees to the EAP+Work/Life program for guidance and resources about mindfulness to reduce stress

• Distribute Flyer: Mind full? Try Mindfulness

Substance Abuse in the Family

Webinar Topic: Uncovering Unconscious Bias

Suggested Activities:

• Place dependency/addiction poster in lunch rooms, other areas

• Refer employees to the EAP+Work/Life program for dependency/addiction issues

• Distribute Flyer: Know the Signs of Opioid Addiction

Preparing Kids Emotionally for School

Webinar Topic: Mastering Workplace Etiquette

Suggested Activities:

• Hold lunch & learn on bullying

• Refer employees to the EAP+Work/Life program for support with school-based issues

• Distribute Flyer: Online Bullying

Frontline Newsletter: Common mistakes managers make

Digital Distractions

Webinar Topic: Funding College: Steps for a Plan

Suggested Activities:

• Survey employees about their smartphone dependency

• Refer employees to the EAP+Work/Life program for support and resources

• Distribute Flyer: Is it Time for a Digital Detox?

E-blast: Suicide Awareness Month reminder

Stress-Free Family Gatherings

Webinar Topic: Strategies to Enjoy the Holidays

Suggested Activities:

• Survey employees about memorable holidays

• Refer employees to the EAP+Work/Life program for personal and online help with family issues

• Distribute Flyer: Creating Enjoyable Family Holidays

Become a Better Supervisor Webinar

E-blast: Domestic Violence Awareness reminder

Each monthly webinar will be available for viewing on the first of each month.

Manage Debt Stress

Webinar Topic: Money is Emotional

Suggested Activities:

• Refer employees to the EAP+Work/Life program for personal and online help with financial issues, credit consolidation, etc.

• Distribute Flyer: Mindful Holiday Spending: Curb Impulse Buying

Frontline Newsletter: How to keep your employees energized at work

Avoiding Holiday Burnout

Webinar Topic: Preventing and Managing Burnout

Suggested Activities:

• Survey employees about ways they “unplugged” from holiday excess

• Refer employees to the EAP+Work/Life program to manage stress and relieve related issues like depression, fatigue, insomnia, etc.

• Distribute Flyer: Relaxation: Manage Holiday Stress

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