Benefits & Resources
Well In Mind’s Self-Care Tip of the Week
May is Mental Health Awareness Month!
Below is a curated list of mental health resources, personally selected by your Well In Mind EAP team to support you:
Websites, Online Programs
- “One Year Later”- a FREE, 10 day guide toward healing the many losses and hardships caused by the pandemic: https://www.talkspace.com/healing
- “Lifelines”– A FREE online program and resources towards self-acceptance related to mental health: https://www.lifelines.com/
- Real Mental Health- A monthly subscription program to track your well-being, engage in different pathways towards wellness, and access to therapist led virtual events and roundtables: https://www.join-real.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw1a6EBhC0ARIsAOiTkrGrWJm5ZXe5qFbGtfPjnZbT2VbtsndF0vYHOPEcqfFzIrHRYjIe8B8aAjp_EALw_wcB
- Happify- A website based in positive psychology that has articles, quick tips, and webinars to boost joy and resilience: https://www.happify.com/
- Character Strengths– Take a free assessment to discover your character strengths, and learn how to utilize them to increase resilience: https://www.viacharacter.org/character-strengths-via
- Grief support: https://whatsyourgrief.com/
- Grief support: https://grief.com/
- Healing Health- Free online coloring pages and guided meditations: https://www.healinghealth.com/covid-resources/
- To find human service resources in Kankakee and Iroquois Counties: https://www.kanihelp.org/
- “Mental Health Conditions”- an overview of a variety of mental health disorders, including information about symptoms, causes, risks, and treatment options: https://www.talkspace.com/mental-health/conditions/
Books
- The Gifts of Imperfection, Brene Brown: improve self-worth and confidence
- The anxious thoughts Workbook, David Clark: improve intrusive thoughts that are part of anxiety, obsessions, and depression
- The 7 principles for making marriage work, Dr. John Gottman: from 30 years of research, 7 principles for enhancing and restoring marriage
- The self-care prescription, Dr. Robyn Gobin: An in-depth and easy to utilize resource for intentionally enhancing self-care across life areas
Podcasts
- 6 Mental Health Podcasts to Boost your Well-Being: https://my.happify.com/hd/6-mental-health-podcasts-to-boost-your-well-being/
- Unlocking Us, Brene Brown: Learn about vulnerability and strength and resilience (podcast)
- The Healing Catalyst, Dr. Avanti Kumar Singh: an MD and ayurvedic practitioner that discusses holistic stress management and wellness (podcast)
Instagram Accounts to Follow
- Mswjake (Instagram) – shares helpful and empowering information on trauma and healing
- Findyourshinetherapy (Instagram) – shares helpful and empowering information on a variety of mental health topics
- Curious.parenting (Instagram)- helpful for parents trying to manage tough child behaviors
- Psychedmommy (Instagram)- wonderful for mom’s feeling burnt out
- Biglittlefeelings (Instagram)- tips for parents with toddlers having tantrums
- Mommyonthemove (Instagram) – fun for busy mom’s, validating and humorous
- Dralicepsyd (Instagram) – support for post-partum/moms
- Jayshetty (Instagram) – variety of support for a well-rounded and whole life
- Psych_today: learn about mental wellness and tips for enhancing it
- The Holistic Psychologist (Instagram)- shares helpful and empowering information on a variety of mental health topics
- Journey_to_wellness_ : graphics on how to cope with anxiety and depression
Apps
- Rootd: Contains lessons on wellness, breathing exercises, a journal, visualizations, and sleep tools
- Calm: a large variety of music and recorded meditations, imagery, breathing exercises, and check-ins to reduce stress, anxiety and insomnia
- Sanvello: track symptoms and access meditation, learning modules, and other skills/activities to improve your mental health. Also includes anonymous community for support
- Rise Up: eating disorder recovery support
- Gratitude Garden: based on positive psychology, increase your gratitude to decrease depression and stress
- Jour: Journal prompts, breathing tools, insights
- MHU: an app that teaches you the basics of mental illness, and has resources for what to do if someone is having a mental health crisis
- Happify: An app (based off of the website listed above) that has tools and resources to boost resilience and decrease symptoms of stress, anxiety, depression, etc.
- Thefabstory: app for improving habits
Well In Mind is here for you. Call 815-933-2240 to schedule an appointment or to ask about your EAP benefits.
Riverside’s health plans cover preventive services
Riverside’s health plans cover preventive services — like immunizations and screenings — at no cost to you when delivered by an in network provider. It’s important to get your annual checkups, screenings, vaccinations and tests when you need them for early detection of health concerns. By catching things early, you can prevent more serious diseases like diabetes and heart disease. It’s also lot less expensive to practice preventive healthcare than to only seek help when there’s a problem. Click here to see a summary of preventive services covered by our health plan.
Empower Retirement – New Web Experience
Bringing your full financial view together is easy and secure
Retirement. Credit. Cash. Mortgage. All in one place.
As a part of the Riverside Healthcare Retirement Plans, beginning May 11, 2022, you will have access to an account dashboard through Empower that offers a real-time view of spending, saving, debt and more with a single login. Plus, you can link accounts with to easily track, manage and plan for all your financial priorities — and get a clear view of your estimated net worth.
Banking-level security and risk management security protocols include multifactor authentication, proactive security alerts and device fingerprinting. Strict access controls ensure privacy so that linked accounts are not visible to anyone at Riverside Healthcare or at Empower.
Log in into your account at empowermyretirement.com to see your full financial view. For a video tour of the new participant web experience, click here. If you have questions, call Empower at 866-467-7756. Representatives and translation services are available Mondays through Fridays between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. and Saturdays between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Central time.
Dental Health and Prevention
More than 36% of adults don’t see their dentist all year. When you schedule a dental checkup, you don’t waste your benefits. That’s just one of three great reasons to get a checkup!
- You get the most value from your benefits. Checkups are covered 100% on our Delta Dental plans.
- You can get easier and less expensive treatment. Early detection can help prevent costly and complex procedures.
- You decrease your risk of disease. A dental cleaning removes plaque and tartar to help prevent cavities and gum disease. Plus, your dentist looks for early signs of oral cancer, tooth decay and more.
So take care of your oral and overall health and get your next exam on your calendar today!
Be sure to read the Delta Dental information provided on the Benefit Information page (InforESS) for details about our dental plans. Go to www.DeltaDentalIL.com find a provider, view your benefits, order another ID card, and more.
Check out the New Podcast Episodes
Did you know Riverside Healthcare has a podcast library? Listen to our podcast series, Well Within Reach, to get health and wellness information from our team experts, including doctors, medical staff, and leaders in the healthcare field.
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