Wellness & Well-being Highlights November 10th
Wellness & Well-being Highlights
for the
Week of November 10, 2025
This week’s edition of our Worker Wellness & Well-being blog provides us a look at how the decline in unionized workplaces can be linked to the rise in substance misuse in communities—to the importance of establishing a ‘code’ word for your family—to an uplifting story of a once troubled kid who now plays an instrumental role in helping cultivate Howard U’s next generation of scientists.
This week I would like to discuss the impact of finances on one’s health. The first article recognizes that more employees today are turning to their employers for assistance when it comes to managing their debt. In fact, Harris cites, “… employers are doing a better job at least recognizing that financial wellness is actually really important to retain really good talent or find really good talent.”[1] However, offering help is not enough. Employers need to work with their vendors that provide related assistance (i.e., EAP) in order to track the use of these services in a discrete manner and tweak their offerings to increase effectiveness.
The second article involved a poll of 9k adults. The findings indicate that financial well-being plays a big part regarding older Americans’ quality of life…which, in turn, can affect their physical health, social life and even cognitive skills. To this end, Najmabadi points out,
Low-income seniors are more likely to experience mental confusion, spend less time pursuing hobbies, and face difficulties with everyday tasks such as climbing stairs and grocery shopping, compared with their more affluent counterparts…[which] underscores how differently retirement can play out for people on opposite sides of the income scale, at a time when the youngest baby boomers — those born between 1946 and 1964 — are transitioning out of the workforce.[2[
Meanwhile, the third article addresses the need for spouses/partners to take more active roles in their household’s financial decision-making. Far too often, one partner takes the reigns and due to an unforeseen death, leaves the remaining partner managing finances during a period of profound grief. Dagher proclaims, “The problem disproportionately affects women, who on average live longer than men and might have been expected to leave investing to their partners.”[3] Hint: Take small steps…the first one being: Keep a shared list of their accounts and passwords in a secure place.
Please check out the rest of this week’s blog: https://moworksinitiative.org/category/worker-wellness-news/
[2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/06/pew-survey-aging-income/
Declining Union Membership & SUD/OUD
AI Views: Therapy & Therapists
Chatbots / Friends / Socialization
Financial Wellness Improves Health
Trump / Immigration / Construction
China’s Control Beyond Rare Earths
US-DOL’s Misguided Media Campaign
Upcoming webinars, etc.:
Noise, Hearing Loss / Dementia (11/13)
SUD/OUD & Recovery Friendly Employers (11/18)
International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day (11/22)
Helping Struggling Students (12/9)
MO: Construction’s Hike for Hope (April 2026)
Suicide Postvention is Prevention
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 jgaal@moworks.org with related questions or comments.
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