Support well-being at work by providing resources, tools, and links that you can share and promote with your team regularly. Use this content to educate, inspire and lead well by sharing it with colleagues, employees, and customers in any format that works for you.

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Information to Inspire

April is Stress Awareness Month!  When asked; “What areas of your health would you like to improve?”, 34% of last year’s I Care Employee Wellness Survey respondents shared that they wanted to reduce their stress and anxiety – a note that this is lower than the results of the previous year’s survey which was 47%, but there is still important work to do in this area.

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Some things you can do….

Read on for some great tips to share with your team.
 

• Take a Breath: Introducing Cyclic Breathing. New research suggests a daily, five-minute breathing practice can effectively help manage your stress. It’s called cyclic breathing, a breath work practice that’s also known as the physiological sigh. It proved to be more effective at improving mood than mindfulness meditation and other breathwork techniques.  

 

• Meditation is a great way to manage your stress. Check out this Six-Minute Meditation, developed specifically for individuals who are at work.

 

• Getting a good night’s sleep can greatly improve your ability to manage stress.  Check out this great collection of tips for how to improve sleep quality, courtesy of our charitable partner, American Heart Association. Encourage your team to try these out – and share their own internally.

 

• Get Together. Did you know that “supportive communities” are a critical way for people to manage their stress. Consider creating new, fun, ways to engage with colleagues. Get inspired here.
   

For more resources that you can share with your team, check out our Living Well Library for more great suggests for how to live well, today.