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Register today for any of this year's webinars! Join us every second Wednesday of the month for a live presentation on one of several health and wellness topics. |
Upcoming Webinar
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December 2024From Me to We: Mindful Tactics for Being a Valuable Team Member When working with others, the shift from individual success to collective achievement requires a mindful approach that brings out the best in each team member. Mindfulness involves active listening, empathy, and open-minded collaboration, allowing each person to become more attuned to their colleagues’ needs and perspectives. Attend this presentation to discover how mindfulness can elevate your critical thinking, creativity, and performance and equip you with valuable tactics to motivate others and contribute to your team’s success. Wednesday, December 11, 2024 |
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November 2024Respectful Relationships: Understanding and Establishing Boundaries Boundaries serve as the invisible lines that ensure an individual’s autonomy, values, and welfare are respected. In this webinar, you’ll learn to recognize your own limits and how to express them effectively to safeguard your well-being and create an atmosphere of mutual respect and trust. Plus, we’ll deliver guidance on setting limits in difficult situations and overcoming codependency. |
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October 2024Maximizing Federal Benefits for Tomorrow’s Financial Peace of Mind As the federal benefits open season approaches, you have a valuable opportunity to assess your coverage and make important decisions that affect your overall financial well-being. Join us as a financial expert from the Institute for Financial Education (ifeonline.org) explains how to maximize your TSP, mitigate taxes, protect finances, and prepare for retirement. Whether you’re just starting out in the federal workforce or a seasoned employee, this presentation will help you optimize your benefits. |
On-Demand Webinar Recordings
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Anxiety, Stress, and Resilience
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February 2024From Surviving to Thriving: Overcoming Trauma and Building ResilienceIn the face of adversity, the human spirit has an incredible capacity to heal and flourish. This webinar includes information on processing emotions, coping with uncertainty, building resilience, and supporting children after a traumatic event. We’ll also offer guidance on supporting others on a similar path and provide helpful resources. |
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March 2023The Gloves are Off: Facing the Fight with Your AnxietyWhen you’re in the ring of life, it’s natural to occasionally be hesitant about what you may be facing. Though, if you constantly feel like you’re being saved by the bell or your unease boxes you into the corner, anxiety may be striking a punch and tempting you to throw in the towel. In this session, we’ll take our gloves off, go toe-to-toe with anxiety, and show you how to roll with the punches. |
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February 2023Everyday Resilience: Stay Grounded and Stroll Past StressAlong life’s path, we’re bound to encounter bumps in the road and hairpin turns that catch us off guard. Tell stress to take a hike by attending this webinar that explores various routes to help you march confidently past daily challenges and make bigger strides toward more resilience. |
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February 2022Self-Care: Dealing with StressYou’ve heard the directions on an airplane about putting on your oxygen mask first before assisting others with theirs, right? This is to ensure you’re better able to take care of those around you and is a lesson we all should be mindful of in times of stress: take care of yourself first to better handle stresses that lie ahead. Join us as we cover types of stress and reveal self-care strategies that can help you prevail and nurture your spirit. |
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February 2021Your Roadmap to Caregiving: Being There for Adult Loved OnesWhen an older loved one becomes ill or injured, we often assume the role of caregiver without question. But before long, questions may arise. Lots of them. The journey is unpredictable and can quickly go from dutiful to daunting, especially for first-time caregivers. This webinar provides a guided tour of caregiving essentials to help navigate the winding road of caring for older loved ones. |
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June 2024Beyond Words: Mindfully Connecting with OthersIn an increasingly interconnected world, loneliness remains a pressing social health concern affecting individuals across all walks of life. Attend this session for a comprehensive understanding of loneliness and how to enhance connection. We’ll also review the profound effects of loneliness on mental, emotional, and physical well-being and shed light on its societal implications. |
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August 2024Healthy Habits for Life: Instilling Mindfulness and Resilience in Adolescents
Mindfulness practice can help teens and tweens reduce stress, find relief in the moment, and support their well-being and growth. This presentation helps parents introduce the concept of mindfulness to their adolescent children and recommends age-appropriate tools and exercises. You’ll leave with a toolkit for teaching children mindfulness that includes ideas for addressing their resistance to it, and interventions to help your child manage difficult moments. |
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June 2023Parenting Hacks: Your Summer Game ChangerWhen school’s out, schedules can get tossed aside and leave the whole family scrabbling. Don’t miss this chance as we clue you in on some tricks for a summer that’s fun and productive. These hacks will help you master anything from keeping a routine and creating a summertime bucket list to staying connected. Let’s prove that summer doesn’t have your family moving back two spaces or twisting down chutes, but up ladders and exclaiming Yahtzee! (Bonus! Can you spot 12 game-related words in this description?) |
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September 2022Effects of Intimate Partner ViolenceAccording to the National Commission on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice, there’s been an 8.1% increase in intimate partner violence during the pandemic. View this webinar to gain an understanding of relationship violence, review our nation’s latest statistics, and learn the signs to watch for, who’s most vulnerable, and how to get help for yourself or someone you care about. Ultimately, knowledge and awareness of this sensitive subject could be the key to saving a life. |
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July 2024Investing in Peace of Mind: Insurance and Annuity Insights When it comes to long-term financial protection and stability, insurance and annuities extend some valuable benefits. A financial expert from the Institute for Financial Education (ifeonline.org) will help demystify the complex landscape of insurance and annuities and enable you to make informed decisions about your financial future. Whether you’re new to the concept or seeking to optimize existing coverage, this session provides key insights toward greater financial security and well-being. |
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April 2024Relationship Wealth: A Couple’s Guide to Financial HealthMoney matters can be a significant source of stress in relationships. With proper knowledge and communication, couples can build a solid foundation for a prosperous and harmonious financial future together. Led by an expert from the Institute for Financial Education (ifeonline.org), this webinar helps partners plan for major life milestones and unexpected events and offers guidance on budgeting, credit, and saving. You’ll come away with practical approaches to achieve your financial aspirations and strengthen your bond.
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January 2024Smart Tax Planning: Your Guide to Financial LiteracyUnderstanding taxes and incorporating smart planning practices are central to achieving your financial goals. Follow along as a financial expert from the Institute for Financial Education (ifeonline.org) imparts the knowledge and tools to make confident tax decisions. |
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October 2023Your Well-Being and Theirs: Set Up Your TSP to Benefit You and Your HeirsYour Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) is a valuable, built-in retirement plan provided by your federal employer. Many people set it and forget it, but should you? In this session, an expert from the Institute for Financial Education (ifeonline.org) sheds some light on clever and creative ways to leverage your TSP to maximize your benefits so you can design a financial plan around your interests and those of your family. |
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July 2023Advanced Social Security PlanningWhen it comes to Social Security, you may have questions that go beyond the basics of collecting benefits. You may wonder if you should begin drawing at age 62, 66, or 70, and whether delayed retirement credits are the way to go. Should you file for your own benefits, or suspend them and let your spouse collect half? How can you leverage IRAs to grow your Social Security by 8% a year? Get answers to these questions and more in this advanced Social Security planning session presented by the Institute for Financial Education (ifeonline.org). |
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April 2023Recession-Ready RetirementImagine looking forward to sunsetting your career for the better part of your professional life, only to watch your nest egg sink down into the horizon along with the sun. This is what retiring in a recession could look like, but there are things you can do to block your savings from the harmful rays of an economic downturn. With the help of a financial planning expert from the Institute for Financial Education (ifeonline.org) and some SPF-GDP, you’ll be sitting with your toes in the sand just like you planned.
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January 2023Your Training Plan to Trim Down DebtGetting your debt in shape requires an exercise regimen aimed at building a more solid budget and bulking up your credit. But don’t sweat it — an expert from the Institute for Financial Education (ifeonline.org) will coach you through some exercises to tone up your budget, strengthen your credit, and engage your debt in some active recovery. |
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May 2023Grief and Loss: The Journey of Healing Your HeartDealing with loss — whether it’s a loved one, pet, relationship, home, or job — is almost never easy. Life can change the moment we lose them, so we experience some type of grief. Discover how to acknowledge your feelings, take care of yourself, and cope with the adjustment. |
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May 2024Loneliness: The Modern Social Health CrisisIn an increasingly interconnected world, loneliness remains a pressing social health concern affecting individuals across all walks of life. Attend this session for a comprehensive understanding of loneliness and how to enhance connection. We’ll also review the profound effects of loneliness on mental, emotional, and physical well-being and shed light on its societal implications. |
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November 2023Humility and Forgiveness: The Compassionate Path to Health and Well-BeingHaving a sense of overall well-being involves living a life of meaning and purpose, maintaining positive relationships, and being free of excessive stress, guilt, and grief over personal setbacks and failures. This webinar explores what’s required to get to such a state: forgiveness and humility (for ourselves and others), an enhanced level of self-acceptance, recognizing and accepting our strengths and weaknesses, and the ability to grow and move on from our mistakes. We’ll come to realize that the relationship between forgiveness and humility plays an important role in achieving true well-being. Slides | Resources | Six Stages of Forgiveness | Activities to Enhance Humility |
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September 2023Better Together: Why Belonging and Well-Being Go Hand-in-HandWe all crave to be a part of something, to fit in, and to be respected for who we are. This webinar explores this vital sense of belonging, ways to spread more belongingness within our work and life communities, and how to influence others to do the same. Let’s make an effort together to create more intentional connections and grow a greater sense of belonging. |
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November 2022Cultivating Contentment for Improved Mental HealthBetter mental health is linked to contentment and life satisfaction. While we can’t be completely content all the time, we can make it a goal and take conscious steps toward it. This webinar explores how contentment can positively affect your well-being and offers tips and resources for cultivating more of it each day. |
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December 2023Gain Motivation to Create Habits that StickA new year is a good time for a new you, too! Let’s get stage-ready with a proactive plan for habit-making success. This webinar helps you find your motivation, direct you to set a purpose, and produce a goal that will turn into the life habit you’ve always wanted to adopt. |
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December 20227 Thought-Provoking Questions that Help You Find Your Life PurposeThe pandemic has magically compelled some of us to ask ourselves: What’s my life’s purpose? While we’ve had some time to ponder this mystifying question, many of us are still waiting to see what the cards will reveal. With some sleight of hand and a few tricks up our sleeve, we’ll unveil strategies for conjuring more meaning in your life, and possibly pull a bunny out of your hat. |
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August 2022Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors: How They Work TogetherOur thoughts, feelings, and actions are all interconnected. At times, however, we fall into unproductive or negative thought patterns and allow our feelings to control our behavior. The key to disrupting these patterns is understanding the differences between your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and how they influence one another. This session helps connect the dots to improve emotional regulation and develop strategies for more productive thoughts that lead to better behavior. |
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August 2023The Opioid Epidemic: The Crisis ContinuesOpioid addiction continues to be a major health issue in the United States. Get the latest data, risk factors, and information on where to turn for help for yourself or someone you care about. |
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September 2024Embrace, Evolve, Excel: Adapting to Workplace Change with Resilience
Although organizational changes can be overwhelming and unsettling, they are golden opportunities to learn and grow personally and professionally. By developing the ability to pivot, adapt, and innovate in response to change, we can cultivate resilience and position ourselves to succeed in an ever-evolving environment. This session outlines how to thrive through uncertainty and approach workplace change with a curious and open mind. You’ll depart with a mindset that embraces change and proactively seeks out emerging opportunities. |
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March 2024Hybrid Synergy: Guidance for Modern Work ArrangementsThe thought of returning to the office after working remotely may prompt an array of emotions. Join us for this session as we review strategies for thriving in evolving work arrangements. We’ll discuss the nuances of transitioning back to an in-office or hybrid work scenario, provide information and resources for a successful and fulfilling return, and offer suggestions for staying connected with everyone. |