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Reducing Anxiety
Anxiety is a persistent feeling of dread or apprehension and can impact your employees overall well-being and job performance. By taking a preventive approach now, you’ll help them build the toolkit they need to lessen their anxiety and feel centered again.
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Subject: Reduce your anxiety with Calm resources
Anxiety is a persistent feeling of dread or apprehension and millions of people around the world struggle with it. Whether you experience anxiety occasionally or regularly, building a personal toolkit to better manage it can help you get more rest and ease your nervous system.
Check out the following mindfulness resources from Calm, our mental health partner, and reduce your anxiety today:
- In this guided meditation series, Elisha Goldstein, founder of The Mindful Living Collective, will help you shift out of autopilot and learn to release the mental and emotional energy of anxiety.
- In this 7-minute Daily Move session, led by Mel Mah, you’ll be in a seated position to do a few stretches to lessen your anxiety and feel more centered.
Calm Your Heart With Deeper Breaths
- This 3-minute session is from our Overcome Stress and Anxiety series with Dr. Julie Smith, a renowned clinical psychologist, and educator. Dr. Julie will guide you to take deeper, slower breaths so you can naturally slow your heart rate and quickly reduce your anxiety.
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Join one of the Calm App Webinars to learn how to get the most out of your Calm experience and bolster your overall well-being.
Important Note: If you’re experiencing chronic anxiety, please reach out to [Benefits contact/EAP liaison] or your doctor for the appropriate medical resources and support.
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Some occasional stress is a normal part of life, but when we experience high, prolonged stress, our nervous system gets stuck in “overdrive.” Our bodies and minds need time to recover after stressful experiences. We encourage you to try one of these mindfulness tools from Calm, our partner in mental well-being, to help ease feelings of stress and anxiety:
Here are some recommendations from Calm, our mental health partner, that you can do in anytime, anywhere:
- Whether you have 10, 20, or 30 minutes, try this guided meditation practice to release the mental and emotional energy of anxiety.
- Lessen your anxiety and feel more centered by doing a few stretches in a seated position, all in 7 minutes.
Calm Your Heart With Deeper Breaths
- Use this 3-minute guided exercise to quickly calm down when experiencing panic or anxiety.
Join one of the Calm App Webinars to learn how to get the most out of your Calm experience and bolster your overall well-being.
Important Note: If you’re experiencing chronic anxiety, please reach out to [Benefits contact/EAP liaison] or your doctor for the appropriate medical resources and support.
Anxiety was born in the very same moment as mankind. And since we will never be able to master it, we will have to learn to live with it—just as we have learned to live with storms.
Paulo Coelho