If You Polled Your Employees, Would They Say You Are Prioritizing Their Mental Health?

You’re no stranger to employment trends – and the one that should give you pause is that employees’ mental health has taken a nosedive over the past few years. 

Employees are balancing both work and home life – and are struggling to find child care services in the midst of shutdowns, strikes and more. They’re working harder yet dollars continue to be stretched due to rising inflation. Workloads only continue to increase. 

Did you know? More than 80% of U.S. workers seek employers who care about their mental health, according to a 2022 poll from the American Psychological Association.

It’s Time to Prioritize Mental Health

Is your organization prioritizing mental health? If not, you risk losing top performers to companies that do. You risk alienating your workforce and downgrading your company reputation. 

It’s never too late to change your company priorities – the first of which should be your people. Their health. Not only physical, but mental. Take the pulse of your employees – take a poll, talk with them. Are they feeling stressed? Burned out? Heard? Accepted? 

Mental Health Benefits of Group Wellness Programming

Offering group wellness programming to your employees not only helps them feel better physically – but mentally. 

And making health and wellness changes as a part of program participation - including changes to food, movement and sleep patterns - can directly impact one's mental health. What, when and how one eats affects their mood, energy and focus. A look at the research demonstrates that diet and mood disorders such as anxiety and depression are linked. Making subtle and sustainable changes to diet, sleep and movement can lessen employee stress and alleviate symptoms of various mood disorders.  

Offering group wellness programming is an important way to help employees not only feel valued, but improve their mental wellbeing. Making wellness programs available in your company can improve employee retention, “...providing further support for the correlation between personal health and job satisfaction.” (SHRM)

If you’re not yet providing wellness programming to your employees, consider the 12 Fixes to Healthy 12-week program. Offering the 12 Fixes to Healthy Group Challenge in your organization is an incredibly motivating way for employees to adopt lasting mental health-promoting habits. What, when and how one eats affects a person’s mood, energy and focus. The 12 Fixes to Healthy program provides employees with things they can do RIGHT NOW to alleviate anxiety and depression - and improve mood.

Groups are forming now for January 2023! Reserve your company’s spot for a 12-week Group Challenge today.