Returning to Work After Bereavement Leave: A Guide for Employees Dealing With...
There’s no universal right moment for returning to work after bereavement leave. Some people go back within days because staying busy helps, others need several weeks before they can concentrate on...
View ArticleHow To Support Grieving Employees: A Manager’s Guide
At some point, most managers will learn that someone on their team has lost a family member, a friend, or another person close to them. There’s rarely a script for this moment, and the pressure to say...
View ArticleWorkplace Bereavement Support: A Guide for Organizations
Grief rarely fits inside a two week bereavement policy. An employee might return to their desk five days after a loss and seem steady, then struggle to concentrate a month later when the reality of...
View ArticleEmployee Depression Is a Growing Concern for Organizations
Clinically reviewed by Chris Mosunic, PhD, RD, MBA, Chief Clinical Officer, Calm Employers aiming to improve workforce well‑being face a difficult challenge: depression is both on the rise and highly...
View ArticleHow to Recognize Burnout in Business Services Teams
In most workplaces, exhausted employees are visible. In business services, the opposite is often true. The same qualities that make someone effective in this environment, conscientiousness, a high...
View ArticleHow Business Services Leaders Can Help Prevent Burnout Before It Starts
Most conversations about burnout in business services start after it has already happened. An employee resigns unexpectedly. A high performer goes on leave. A team’s output starts quietly declining...
View ArticleBurnout in the Business Services Sector: What HR Teams Need to Know
Burnout is not evenly distributed across industries. In the business services sector, including consulting, accounting, financial advisory, legal, administrative and support, and IT services, the...
View ArticleBuilding Mental Health Benefits That Address Burnout in Business Services
Most HR and benefits leaders in business services know burnout is a problem in their sector. Fewer feel confident their benefits package is built to address it. The standard toolkit, an EAP plus maybe...
View ArticleCalm Health for the Public Sector/Government Industry
For Government Strong public service requires a resilient workforce Government employees face increasing demands while serving their communities. Calm Health partners with government organizations to...
View ArticleWhat Organizations Can Do to Support Healthcare Worker Mental Health
Clinically reviewed by Chris Mosunic, PhD, RD, MBA, Chief Clinical Officer, Calm Healthcare organizations are often among the least well-equipped to support the mental health of their own workforce....
View ArticleThe Hidden Toll of Vicarious Trauma and Compassion Fatigue in Healthcare Workers
Clinically reviewed by Chris Mosunic, PhD, RD, MBA, Chief Clinical Officer, Calm Most conversations about healthcare worker burnout focus on exhaustion and overwork. Those are real and serious...
View ArticleHow to Recognize Burnout in Healthcare Workers Before It Becomes a Crisis
Clinically reviewed by Chris Mosunic, PhD, RD, MBA, Chief Clinical Officer, Calm Healthcare worker burnout builds quietly, across weeks and months, until the person who’s been struggling finally can’t...
View ArticleHealthcare Worker Burnout: What Organizations Need to Know
Clinically reviewed by Chris Mosunic, PhD, RD, MBA, Chief Clinical Officer, Calm Healthcare worker burnout is not a new problem. But in recent years, what was once a slow-building concern has become...
View ArticleGovernment Employees Are Struggling, But Organizational Support Is Slipping
Government employees are operating in an increasingly pressure-filled environment. As citizens demand more, higher quality public services, agencies are struggling with chronic staff shortages,...
View ArticleHow Managers Can Talk About Health at Work Without Making It Personal
If you manage people, chances are you’ve had moments when someone seems exhausted, less focused than usual, or simply not like themselves. It’s human to feel concerned. But “concern” can easily slide...
View ArticleBuilding Brain Capital: Why It Matters Now
Clinically reviewed by Chris Mosunic, PhD, RD, MBA, Chief Clinical Officer, Calm A continuous wave of disruption in our lives—the pandemic, climate change impacts, and the rapid emergence of AI—has...
View ArticleCompassion Fatigue in Education: What It Is and How to Manage It
Most school districts have some version of a mental health benefit. An EAP, a wellness app, a hotline number buried in the benefits guide. What many districts also have is a utilization problem: the...
View ArticleHow Schools Can Strengthen K–12 Employee Mental Health Benefits
Most school districts have some version of a mental health benefit. An EAP, a wellness app, a hotline number buried in the benefits guide. What many districts also have is a utilization problem: the...
View ArticleKrystal Sexton
Krystal Sexton, PhD, is a globally recognized leader in health and well-being. She helps organizations create cultures that support employee mental, brain, and social health as the Founder and CEO of...
View ArticleHow to Reduce Burnout Risk in Government Teams Without Adding More Work
To reduce burnout risk in government teams without adding more work, focus on friction reduction and recovery: clarify top priorities, cut low-value meetings, normalize micro-breaks, and rein in...
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