May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Life Happens. We’re Here to Help.

Take a moment to prioritize your well-being. Whether you’re navigating a specific challenge or simply looking to feel more balanced, you’re not alone.

Listen to inspiring stories, discover tools designed to help you better understand your mental well-being, and explore resources on topics that matter to you.

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Shatter to Grow: Name What’s Holding You Back

Be inspired with a special May webinar, Shatter to Grow: Name What’s Holding You Back with Jim Wichman, EFR trainer and Board Member.

Life doesn’t always go as planned. Sometimes, the experiences that shape us can leave us feeling stuck without fully understanding why.  Jim will share his personal story of the experiences that kept him stuck, the moments that helped him move forward, and the role that EAP counseling played in his own growth. You’ll be inspired and learn practical “in the moment” strategies that can help you recalibrate and move forward.

Watch now!

Discover Our New App

Have you seen our new and improved mobile app? Our updated app makes it easier for you and your household members to access resources and save content that’s most relevant for you.

The app includes a Mental Health Check-In to support overall well-being:

The DASS-21 (Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21): An assessment designed to measure levels of depression, anxiety, and stress. After completion you’ll receive tailored resource recommendations.
Personalized benefit recommendations: Answer a few questions about your mental health and life circumstances and be directed to the EFR services that can support you.
As always, the use of EFR services – including the app – is completely confidential!

How to Get Started

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Create a profile on our online portal.

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Download the EFR app from the Apple App Store or Google Play.

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Sign in and explore the features!

What is EAP Counseling?

No matter what the challenge, you don’t have to navigate it alone. EAP counseling is here to help you. Watch and learn more.

Explore Self-Guided Resources

Approximately 1 in 5 US adults have been told by a doctor or other health care professional that they had any type of depression disorder. Recent studies show that 1 in 8 adults regularly report feelings of worry, nervousness, and/or anxiety.

Whether you’re looking to awaken joy, settle your mind, or find calm, this curated selection of self-guided resources will inspire and empower you through Mental Health Awareness Month and beyond.

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Awakening Joy

Understand your feelings and reconnect with positive emotions to find a sense of joy in your daily life.

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Understanding how your emotions impact your decisions helps you navigate life with more clarity of mind and greater resilience than being at the whim of fleeting emotions. So, what exactly are emotions? And how do they work?
Read this blog post
Connecting the dots: the mind-body experience
Learn how the mind and body work together to create total well-being.
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Get Smart (With Your Feelings)
Dr. Warren Phillips, a clinical psychologist and expert on emotional intelligence, or EQ, helps us understand the importance of paying attention to our feelings and how we can use that information to help us navigate relationships at home and in the workplace.
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Settling the Mind

Quiet your mind and discover tools and insights that can help ease anxious thoughts.

Am I Anxious or Do I Have Anxiety?
Feeling anxious is a part of life. Whether it’s the jitters before a job interview or the heart-racing jolt you get speaking in front of a crowd, we’ve all been there. But when do these feelings cross the line from normal anxiety to something more significant?
read this blog post
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Stop Beating Yourself Up: Using Mindfulness and Self-Compassion During Difficult Times
Learn how mindfulness and self-compassion go hand in hand to creating better head space.
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The Transformative Power of Human Connection

Join us as we dive deep into the power of human connection. Our guest, Mary-Lyn Kieffer, sheds light on the transformative perspective shift within the simple acts of reaching out to receive or offer help and the profound strength you can draw from realizing you’re not alone.

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Finding Calm

Manage stress, restore balance, and create moments of calm in your day.

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What Doing Nothing Can Do for You
Staying on the go rewires the brain and sets our default to busy, making it harder to stop and relax. For many of us, busy is our comfort place because it’s our conditioned default. But relaxing and taking time away from work is like a tune-up for your brain.
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Boost Your Battery
Ever feel like your internal battery is running on low? Many of us push ourselves to the limit, struggling to juggle work demands and personal well-being. During this webinar you will discover practical strategies for setting balanced boundaries between work and personal life and learn efficient time management techniques to accomplish tasks without sacrificing well-being.
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From Outburst to Insight: Releasing Your Rage
Licensed psychotherapist Bronwyn Schweigerdt—host of “Angry at the Right Things”—joins us to rethink anger as a vital barometer, not a character flaw. We talk alexithymia (the struggle to recognize and express feelings), why anger is often suppressed rather than expressed, and how tuning in to this emotion can reveal insightful information.
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