Resources to Keep the Season
Merry and Bright
December 9th, 2024
‘Tis the season of busyness, excitement, time with family, and festive parties. But the holidays can also bring challenges and stress. Don’t get overwhelmed! ZOLL offers many resources to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being so you can celebrate the joy of the season.
Keep Your Body (and Mind) Strong!
Your physical health is the foundation of your overall well-being. A strong, healthy body is better able to face life’s challenges.
- Stay active. With physical exercise, your body releases endorphins and serotonin, providing energy, and improving your feelings of well-being.
- Eat healthy. Overindulging on holiday sweets can lead to increased irritability and moodiness. Balance the sweets with healthy snacks and meals so your body is well-nourished, but you don’t feel deprived.
- Self-care is important too. Click here for more healthy holiday tips.
Financial Worries Causing You Stress?
Consider creating a holiday budget. Between gifts, holiday meals, travel, etc. the $$ adds up quickly. Stick to your budget and your wallet and your sanity will thank you. Click here for more tips to improve financial well-being.
- Fidelity can help you start a budget.
- Speak 1:1 with a free CAPTRUST Financial Advisor before making any major financial decisions that could impact your future.
Don’t Forget to Take Care of You!
In all the craziness and hubbub of this time of year, it’s easy to focus on others, but don’t neglect yourself and your needs. Taking care of your mental health and well-being will help you be able to take care of others. Find some peaceful moments and embrace the joy of the season – a cup of hot cocoa, a roaring fire, snuggled down with a favorite book, whatever it is, make time for you!
- Connect with your Healthy Hearts! Healthy You! Health Coach to improve resilience, practice mindfulness, and create a personalized plan to manage stress.
- Practice some simple breathing exercises.
- Speak with a trained Stress Specialist to learn proven stress-reduction techniques.
- Take some well-earned Paid Time Off to get things done or just to relax.
- Worrying about holiday travel? United Healthcare has some tips to keep you healthy while traveling.
Struggling with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)?
The shorter days of winter, with less access to Vitamin D, can often bring struggles of Seasonal Affective Disorder.
You are not alone! Whether you are struggling with SAD, stress, isolation, or loneliness, there are resources to help.
- Contact the Employee Assistance Program for confidential support anytime of the day or night.
- Schedule a virtual behavioral health appointment to talk to a licensed therapist anytime, anywhere.
- If you or a loved one is experiencing emotional distress or thoughts of suicide, call or text the national hotline at 988 to connect with a lifeline specialist.
Access the Calm Health app through UnitedHealthcare
Calm Health is more than a wellness app — it’s an evidence-based mental health app, designed to help people easily navigate to personalized mental health support. All employees enrolled in a ZOLL medical plan administered by UnitedHealthcare can access Calm Health’s library of self-care content to help manage stress and anxiety, find better sleep, and build life-changing habits. With Calm Health, you can access things like:
Mental health screenings: Calm Health’s industry-standard screenings leverage the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7 (GAD-7) and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Based on screening results, you can receive personalized mental health education and resources that may help with your specific needs.
Personalized programs and daily self-care content: Access Calm Health’s full library of mental health resources including programs written by psychologists for common mental health challenges, physical conditions, or life experiences. In addition to these programs, you can explore daily tools to help with mindfulness, anxiety support, stress management, better sleep, and more!
How to Access Calm Health
On the UnitedHealthcare App:
- Login to the UnitedHealthcare App
- On the dashboard, click the Benefits tab at the bottom of the screen
- Scroll down and click Self-care & Coaching
- Click Calm Health
- Click Go to Calm Health
On the web:
- Login to Myuhc.com
- Under the Coverage & Benefits tab, click Mental Health
- On the next page, click Explore all your mental health benefits
- From here, scroll down and click Calm Health
- Click Go to Calm Health to sign up
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