Tips to Help Manage Stress from our EAP

Below are strategies and tips to manage stress, anxiety or worry.

• Unplug. Take a break from social media and negative news cycles. Consider limiting your consumption of news and social media to a certain time of the day.
• Take time to be still. Trying to keep pace with demands and obligations is exhausting. Take a few minutes every day to meditate, pray, stretch and breath.
• Connect with those that care about you. A 75- year Harvard study on happiness found that participants who maintained meaningful relationships were the most happy as compared to those that didn’t. Positive relationships are the greatest factor in keeping us happier, healthier and alive longer.
• Take care of your body. Eat healthy. Incorporate fruits, vegetables, lean protein, whole grains and limit unhealthy fats. Move more. Get up, stretch and move. Even a brisk walk helps. Get enough sleep. Strive for at least seven hours of sleep nightly, keep regular bed/wake hours.
• Limit alcohol consumption. If you choose to drink, do so in moderation (2 drinks or less a day for men/1 drink a day for women).

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Each week in May we are highlighting mental health services available to City employees and their families, starting with the City's own free onsite Employee Assistance Program (EAP). The EAP offers confidential counseling/consultation, assessment and referral services for employees and families when they need help navigating any work or personal situation affecting their life.

The City of Milwaukee Health Department will also be sharing social media poosts abut mental health and available resources throughout the month. Follow their social media channels to learn more! 

Meaningful May

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Join an Employee Resource Group 

An Employee Resource Group (ERG) is an employee group that has been formally recognized by the City and shares a common background, focus area, and set of interests and/or goals that foster an environment of inclusion.  The City encourages the formation of ERGs to foster diversity, encourage the sharing of information, recognize achievements, and interaction between employees on an informal basis.

Any city of Milwaukee employee can form and/or be a member of an ERG. We encourage you to consider joining one of the existing ERGs, or consider starting one of your own.