The Ohio State University Employee Assistance Program (EAP) team is your partner in cultivating and maintaining both your work and personal well-being.

One of the aspects I enjoy most about working on the EAP team and serving Ohio State and Wexner Medical Center employees is the opportunity to connect through workshops. These sessions give us space to step back and reflect on how we’re really doing, not just as employees, but as people.

In preparing for and facilitating these workshops, we spend time exploring what supports our well-being and what gets in the way of it, whether that’s cultural expectations, biological stress responses, or the systems we navigate every day. More importantly, we focus on how we begin to bridge back to wellness…how we return to being human beings, instead of constantly feeling like human doings.

What we’ve found is that it doesn’t always take a major life overhaul. Sometimes, just 30 minutes, one new perspective or one practical strategy can help unlock what’s been keeping you feeling stuck or disconnected.

These workshops are one of the ways we bring our EAP expertise forward to support you in working in ways that are sustainable and living in ways that feel more balanced and meaningful.

This summer, wherever you are in your well-being journey, consider registering for one of our workshops in Link to Health:

Do you want to bring more intention and focus into your day? Register for:

• #MonthlyMotivations on July 21 from 10:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
• #MonthlyMotivations on August 18 from 10:00am to 10:15 a.m.

Do you want to support staff experiencing a mental health challenge? Register for:

• EAP - Mental Health Awareness Workshop for Managers on August 6 from 10:00 a.m. to noon

Do you want to navigate life transitions and plan ahead? Register for:

• EAP Workshop - Are you Ready for Retirement on July 21 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Do you want to learn how to cope with everyday stress? Register for:

• EAP Workshop - Healing with Humor: Using Humor to Combat Stress on August 19 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Permission to Pause: Rest that Actually Restores You on August 25 from 11:30 a.m. to noon  

In addition to confidential individual support through solution-focused counseling, our life coaching benefit, and open-enrollment EAP workshops, we also bring our services directly to your team through virtual and in-person departmental workshops on topics like stress and burnout, navigating change, communication, and work-life well-being.

We’re also happy to join your team meetings to share a brief overview of EAP benefits and services and help your team get connected to support. If you are interested in scheduling a workshop for your team, reach out to us at eap@osumc.edu.