Health and Wellness Tips

Use these tips to communicate and encourage workplace health and wellness. Find actionable items to promote and challenge employees to improve their personal wellness.

Work-Life Balance while Teleworking

Teleworking can be challenging. Here are some health and wellness tips to manage your time by making lists and delegating activities.

• Leave work at work.
• Prioritize work duties.
• Build self-care into your weekly schedule (e.g. indulging in a hobby, reading a book, or taking a brisk walk).
• Create a family calendar to ensure you don't miss family events.
• Remember to practice healthy sleep, activity and nutrition habits with the Performance Triad
• If you are a supervisor, lead by example.

Life Matters: Create a Balance of Work and Self-Care with These Tips

• Let go of perfectionism. Strive for excellence, not perfection.
• Shut off or put your phone on 'do not disturb' to enjoy the moment.
• Don't text and send work emails while socializing with family and friends.
• Build time in your schedule for quality time with family, friends and self. Draw firm boundaries.
• Schedule some quiet time during the day for prayer, meditation, journaling, or personal reflection.
• Clearly communicate your time off - tell your manager, co-workers, and make your calendar visible for all to see your blocked out times.

Impacts on Physical and Emotional Health without Work and Personal-Life Balance

• An imbalance in work-life and personal-life can comprise your immune system making you more susceptible to disease.
• Hypertension or high blood pressure can be caused by stress.
• Depression, fatigue, and anxiety can occur when work-life creeps over in your personal time.
• Productivity decreases over time when you do not have a work and personal life balance.
• Risks for substance use can occur when you work to much.

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