Welcome to Healthy Exchange ...your quarterly online newsletter from your Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Metropolitan Family Services. Each issue provides information to help you better deal with personal, family or work-related concerns.

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For Your Information

Balancing Work and Family

To change counterproductive habits that influence work/family balance, ask yourself these questions and then strive for improvement:

1. Where do I begin to change things that negatively impact my work/family balance?
2. What do I need to do to clearly draw the line between work and family?
3. What habits can I change?

Walk Away The Blues

Take a walk or exercise to lift a bad mood. Doctors at Duke University say taking regular walks will help lift depression, lessen tension, increase optimism, boost self-esteem and increase energy.

Time Management Tips

• Be willing to sacrifice "perfection" to get things done.
  
• Learn to say "no" to demands that don't benefit you.
  
• Arrange your work time to keep interruptions to a minimum.
  
• Be realistic about what you can accomplish during a given time period.