COVID-19 Employee Mental Health, Well-Being & Coping

       The COVID-19 pandemic will affect the mental health and wellbeing of employees well beyond the immediacy of the initial crisis. There are ways employers can support employees' mental health and well-being during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Fear and anxiety about COVID-19 can be overwhelming. Social distancing, can make people feel isolated and lonely and can increase stress and anxiety. Coping with the daily stress in a healthy way will make employees, co-workers and the work environment stronger and safer. In this program we'll learn ways to fight the virus, how to handle anxiety and our responsibility during the pandemic. People are social beings. We like to talk and share and laugh. But to fight the virus, we must all socially distance. Though it seems unnatural, it is our new normal for now. It is just a temporary adjustment, not a permanent change. Anxiety is a normal election to uncertainty and to events that may harm us. It is time to normalize the anxiety by saying we are not alone and that what we are feeling is normal and most important temporary.