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Kim LaMontagne

Director, Wellbeing

Email: kim.lamontagne@hrflorida.org

Wellbeing in the workplace – It starts with YOU and is crucial to employee engagement and productivity.

Taking care of your well being includes taking care of your mental health, physical health, and putting yourself first. As HR Professionals, it is ingrained in us to help others but sometimes we put ourselves last to accomplish this.  Does this sound familiar?

We all know the phrases, “You cannot pour from an empty cup” and “Put the oxygen mask on yourself first.”  

These may sound cliché but both statements are 100% on point.

As your Wellbeing Director, I am here to remind you that you matter, it is not selfish to take care of you, and self-care matters.  

In this role, I focus on creating positive messaging, activities, and campaigns to help support the wellbeing of HR Florida members.  I also focus on teaching leaders how to create mentally healthy workplaces.

I understand what it’s like to fear asking for help in the workplace.

A few things I have learned:

1.  You are not alone.
2.  It’s OK to not be OK.
3.  It’s Ok to ask for help.
4.  Leaders have the power to create a mentally healthy workplace.
5.  Safe conversations matter.

It is an honor to serve in this role.  I look forward to working with you. 

Resources

SHRM Mental Health tools and resources

This resource hub helps employers navigate mental health in the workplace, understand their obligations, and address the mental health and wellbeing of their workforce. SHRM Mental Health Resources

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

NAMI Florida is an organization of families, friends and individuals whose lives have been affected by mental illness. Together, we advocate for better lives for those individuals who have a mental illness. www.nami.org


988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

988 has been designated as the new three-digit dialing code that will route callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (now known as the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), and is now active across the United States.  When people call, text, or chat 988, they will be connected to trained counselors that are part of the existing Lifeline network. These trained counselors will listen, understand how their problems are affecting them, provide support, and connect them to resources if necessary.


Professional Counseling

The Center of Revitalizing Psychiatry
The Center of Revitalizing Psychiatry has counselors and providers to address the gap and support the mental health and wellbeing of people across FL.

Although mental health has gained national attention during the pandemic, many impediments to obtaining quality mental health support remain, especially for those in the active workforce. These impediments include a lack of company-wide advocacy for an environment that is supportive of mental health, a shortage of dynamic Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) that provide adequate mental health support for employees, and the availability of quality professionals that can address the mental health needs of employees and their families.

For more information, visit www.revitalizingpsychiatry.com

Self Care and Relaxation

Coloring book
Coloring is great for stress relief and self care.  Print out this 30 day relaxation coloring book and share with others.  When you feel stressed, pull out the crayons and colored pencils and color!  

Breathing exercises
Research shows deep breathing can:

- Calm a frazzled nervous system by engaging your parasympathetic nervous system
- Reduce release of cortisol and other stress hormones
- Lower your heart rate and blood pressure
- Alter the expression of genes involved in immune function, energy metabolism and insulin secretion

A few minutes of deep breathing can do us all a lot of good… and you can do it anywhere. Even at your desk.  
Print out this guide and follow along when you need to stop and breathe.


Workplace Mental Health Resources

Words Matter- The Power of Words When Creating a Mentally Healthy Workplace
5 Things Leaders Can Do To Address Mental Health in the Workplace
Common Problems and Powerful Solutions to Address Mental Health in the Workplace
Working While Wounded