Wellness & Well-being Highlights June 26

Wellness & Well-being Highlights

for the

Week of June 26, 2023

This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog consists of topics from how changes in states’ marijuana policies are posing problems for management to a focus on keeping working teens safe to how yoga can improve your sleep. Today, I wish to shed some light on the issue of work-related stress. The MO AFL-CIO established the MWI’s Worker Wellness Program in an effort to help reduce this very matter. As noted in the report from Canada herein, heavy workloads and the inability to find work-life balance are suspected culprits…even more so for women! Since COVID, many workers have been doing more with less: less staff, less support. As such, stress becomes more common. When “bad” stress consumes our lives (inside and outside of work) we find it difficult to not always be in the “on” mode. As a result, it may be time to step back before you burnout and consider taking a mental health day. Meanwhile, we also need to building and maintaining strong social networks. In so doing, we must learn the importance of forgiving ourselves and others. Experts suggest that this ability to forgive improves the physical and mental health of those around us.

 

Sources: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/230619/dq230619c-eng.htm?utm_campaign=Headlines_062023_CAN&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua

https://www.everydayhealth.com/emotional-health/signs-you-should-take-a-mental-health-day-and-how-to-do-it/?slot=0&xid=nl_EHNLemohealth_2023-06-19_31834789&utm_source=Newsletters&nl_key=nl_mentalhealth_mooddisorders&utm_medium=email&utm_content=2023-06-19&utm_campaign=Mental_Health_and_Mood_Disorders&utm_term=creativeA&zdee=gAAAAABikG1kcRpju65OYCK7OOXNGPqsAHzj0TznqvuKxOMShKA7dc68seNhy4nsFj67Pyu5gaL7tn3lBuD6s0q5FP0XC2_KARLiqozFs-l0-aoEHEH7qiI%3D

https://www.everydayhealth.com/emotional-health/big-ways-forgiveness-is-good-for-your-health/?slot=0&xid=nl_EHNLemohealth_2023-06-21_31855319&utm_source=Newsletters&nl_key=nl_mentalhealth_mooddisorders&utm_medium=email&utm_content=2023-06-21&utm_campaign=Mental_Health_and_Mood_Disorders&utm_term=creativeA&zdee=gAAAAABikG1kcRpju65OYCK7OOXNGPqsAHzj0TznqvuKxOMShKA7dc68seNhy4nsFj67Pyu5gaL7tn3lBuD6s0q5FP0XC2_KARLiqozFs-l0-aoEHEH7qiI%3D

 

 

What’s behind work-related stress?

 

Jobsite safety matters!

 

988 awareness lags

 

Marijuana & Work

 

Opioids settlement tracker

 

Missouri fact sheet: Opioids settlement

 

7 Days in Arkansas

 

Indonesia / Drug rehab / Slavery

 

Teen wins award: Suicide prevention

 

Teen vaping continues

 

Children / Gun violence / MH

 

Youth workers & Safety/Well-being

 

Youth stressors

 

Kids & Summer boredom

 

COVID & Rise in MH apps

 

Screening ALL adults for anxiety?

 

Vagus nerve & MH

 

How to be happy?

 

Grandparents & Happiness

 

Caring for our elderly

 

When to take a MH day?

 

On building resilience

 

Vets & Yoga

 

Why Tai Chi?

 

Yoga & Sleep

 

Why “forgiveness” matters?

 

Does Ozempic reduce cravings?

 

Drugs & Body positivity

 

Senate targets labor rights

 

Missouri may penalize teachers

 

Starbucks & Pride strike

 

Supreme Court & DEI

 

Youth tests scores drop

 

Skills vs Degree

 

Dechurching

 

AI tools

 

AI: Human vs Machine touch

 

Young adults: Should milestones matter?

 

Homelessness on the rise

 

Force + # of hits = CTE

 

Concussion/CTE prevention protocol

 

Upcoming webinars, etc.:

Adult MHFA

Youth MHFA

https://www.nccih.nih.gov/training/videolectures/kratom-a-botanical-with-traditional-use-in-asia-to-treat-pain-and-opioid-use-problems

https://www.nccih.nih.gov/training/videolectures/change-your-brain-transform-mind

 

 

NOTE: The links provided above are for informational purposes only. None of these serve as a substitute for medical advice one should obtain from his/her own primary care physician and/or mental health professional. Please contact johngaal@moaflcio.org with related questions or comments.