Your Gathering Game Plan
Make room for connection without losing sight of your limits. Social gatherings can offer celebration and support. They can also bring packed schedules, changes to sleep and routines, family tension, pressure around food or alcohol, and moments of loneliness even in a crowded room.
This month’s one-page worksheet helps employees decide what matters most before an event, choose limits that protect their time and energy, and plan what to do if they need a pause. Use it before a holiday, wedding, reunion, team event, graduation, or other gathering. The goal is not to control every moment. It is to enter with a clearer plan and permission to leave, reset, or ask for support when needed.
Benefit Flyer: EAP
Social gatherings can bring stress, family conflict, grief, loneliness, or pressure around food and alcohol. Your EAP offers free, confidential counseling for employees and their families, plus legal and financial support.
Benefit Flyer: Identity Theft Protection
Busy social seasons can bring more online shopping, travel bookings, digital invitations, and payment requests. Identity Theft Protection helps secure devices, monitor credit and social media, and flag suspicious activity.
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