New Avenues Employee Assistance Program

Welcome to Healthy Exchange ...our quarterly online newsletter. Each issue provides information to help you better deal with personal, family or work-related concerns.

New Avenues EAP is Here to Help

The New Avenues EAP offers free counseling sessions, paid for by your employer, and made available to you and your immediate family members. Counselors are located close to your home or work - to help you deal with family or work/life issues that might be causing your life to feel out of balance. Call New Avenues EAP now for information and free, confidential assistance. Toll free: 800-731-6501 or www.NewAvenuesOnline.com

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.