1. HOW TO ACHIEVE GOOD EMOTIONAL HEALTH
Presented by Cigna Employee Assistance Program

2. SEMINAR GOALS Learn what constitutes good emotional health
Increase self-awareness
Identify strategies to manage your emotions
Understand ways to enhance your motivation
Develop and strengthen empathy skills
Understand how to enhance your support system
Know the benefits of the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) 2 2

3. THE COMPONENTS OF EMOTIONAL HEALTH
Self-awareness
Accepting personal responsibility for managing your emotions
Motivation
Empathy
A good support system . 3

4. FOUR STEPS TO SELF-AWARENESS
Know what you are feeling
Own your emotions
Attend to “gut feelings”
Know what you like and don’t like 4

5. ACCEPTING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
We can’t always control life events but we can decide how we will respond to those events.
Our perceptions are colored by our:
Beliefs
Attitudes
Emotions
Judgments
Opinions
Knowledge
Becoming aware of your ability to choose how you feel is the first step toward personal responsibility. 6 6

6. MANAGING YOUR EMOTIONS BY MANAGING YOUR THOUGHTS
Alternative thought:
“My life will feel out of control until this task is done, and that is O.K.”
Self-defeating thought: “My life is out of control.”
Alternative thought:
“I’m so busy, no wonder I forgot the meeting. It’s an embarrassing but rare occurrence.”
Self-defeating thought: “I feel like a fool for forgetting that meeting.”
Identify and replace self-defeating thoughts with alternative, balanced thoughts.
Identify and replace self-defeating thoughts with alternative, balanced thoughts. 7

7. STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING MOTIVATION
Find your purpose
Establish your priorities
Set realistic goals
Choose optimism
Learn from hardships 8

8. STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING EMPATHY
Consider the other person’s point of view
Don’t judge, criticize or blame
Pay attention to how a person says something
Validate their point of view 10

9. HOW IS YOUR SUPPORT SYSTEM?
Emotional needs are met through a support network that:
Listens
Accepts
Challenges
Affirms
Our emotional health depends on the people around us. 11

10. A full spectrum of emotions gives color and meaning to life. 

11. BENEFITS OF THE EAP Face-to-face sessions Confidential Prepaid
Unlimited telephonic consultation
Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Household benefit
Work/life support such as elder care, child care and pet care
Financial services
Legal services
BENEFITS OF THE EAP
Benefits vary by employer. Please check with your HR for your specific EAP benefits.

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