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Learn and Grow May Newsletter! May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Take a moment of self-care with these mindfulness and mental health tips to support you during these times of uncertainty and remote working.
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MINDFUL MEETING EXERCISES
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Dr. Crystal Miller presents Mindful Meeting Exercises, designed to provide a deeper sense of well-being and connection. These exercises are 5-10 minutes in length and can be done either individually throughout your workday or in a meeting with your team or group. Watch Here
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5 WAYS TO SUPPORT YOUR EMPLOYEES’ MENTAL HEALTH
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We’re all feeling the impact of COVID-19. The global pandemic has impacted not only the physical health of many individuals but their mental health as well. If you’re anxious, depressed, or struggling to sleep through the night, you’re not alone. A poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows 45% of adults say the pandemic has affected their mental health, and 19% say it has had a “major impact.” Here are five ways that you can support your employees during this pandemic. Read More |
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Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
The EAP is here to help faculty, staff, and their household members with personal and workplace challenges. This program provides individual assessment and referral, solution-oriented personal issue resolution, face-to-face counseling, life management services, and other resources aimed at assisting members with a variety of issues. Additional wellness services are offered through Empathia’s LifeMatters site. Learn More
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Staying Balanced in a Shifting World
Achieving a healthy work/life balance gives you the chance to practice mindfulness and focus on what's important in all aspects of your life. Maintaining this work/life balance requires constant vigilance. This course focuses on techniques for managing stress and recognizing the behaviors like passivity, aggressiveness, and assertiveness, and how these affect your ability to find balance in life. Techniques that can be used to achieve and preserve balance are also discussed. Access this course here (15 min)
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Managing Stress for Positive Change
In the workplace, stress is often viewed in purely negative terms. It's seen as a response that should simply be minimized or pushed aside; however, it's possible to use stress to fuel positive change. In this course, join instructor Heidi Hanna, PhD as she discusses what stress is, exactly; how you can train yourself to use stress in more effective ways; and what managers can do to reduce employee stress when an organization experiences difficult times. Access this course here (57 min)
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5/5 - 5/26 Zoom Open Labs
10-11 AM
The Employee and Organization Development department hosts virtual open labs to provide small groups of employees the opportunity to ask specific questions with a focus on Cal Poly services as well as Zoom best practices and etiquette.
Register here
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5/6-5/13 Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High [Book Circle]
12PM - 1PM
By Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, Switzler
Crucial Converations has revolutionized the way millions of people communicate when stakes are high. Gain the tools to prepare for high-stakes situations, transform anger and hurt feelings into powerful dialogue, make it safe to talk about almost anything, and be persuasive, not abrasive.
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5/12- 5/26 Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything [Book Circle]
12PM - 1PM
The world's leading expert on habit formation shows how you can have a happier, healthier life: by starting small. When it comes to change, TINY IS MIGHTY. Start with two pushups a day, not a two-hour workout; or five deep breaths each morning rather than an hour of meditation. In TINY HABITS, B.J. Fogg brings his experience coaching more than 40,000 people to help you lose weight, de-stress, sleep better, or achieve any goal of your choice. You just need Fogg's behavior formula: make it easy, make it fit your life, and make it rewarding. Whenever you get in your car, take one yoga breath. Smile. Whenever you get in bed, turn off your phone. Give yourself a high five.
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5/15 CSU's Gots Talent-Special Edition
10 AM - 11 AM
With Shola Richards, Shola is author of Go Together and Making Work Work. He’ll be talking about how we can stay positive and mentally prepare for a return to “normal” work (whatever that looks like). If you haven’t heard Shola speak then you really should join this! He’s fabulously inspiring and funny too. You won’t be disappointed.
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5/28 Leveraging Positivity: Bolstering Capacity When Difficult Conversations, Tense Moments, and Unwelcome Change Loom
10 AM - 11 AM
With Dr. Maria Sirois, Psy.D., Positive Psychologist, International Consultant, and Author.
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