Businesses and organizations offer wellness programs to support their employees' well-being yet few address mental health and emotional health. Relationships are a key driver of behavior and a person's mental and emotional wellness. FamilyeJournal opens the lines of communication and brings families (or small groups of people) closer together.

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Employee Wellness Program

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Wellness
"...a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being,
and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.“
The World Health Organization

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Mental Health
“A state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her
own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work
productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to
his or her community.”1
1http://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/basics.htm

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Achieving Wellness Success For Employees
• Physical health
• Mental health
• Emotional well-being
• Innovation – keeping wellness fresh
• Technology – making wellness easily accessible
• Work/Life balance – they support each other

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Connection is a basic human need.
– Abraham Maslow, 1943, Hierarchy of Needs
Relationships and feeling connected to
others supports our mental health and
emotional well-being.
– National Health Service, United Kingdom

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Connection Research
1. “Having warm relationships was strongly correlated with greater lifelong
happiness.” – Triumphs of Experience by George E. Vaillant, Harvard University,
2012.
2. “A 2002 study of 222 students in the US found that the happiest among the group
had stronger social relationships than those who were less happy.” – Very Happy
People, Diener et al.
3. “Less-restrictive visitation resulted in higher patient and family satisfaction and a
marked decrease in formal complaints.” – Visitation in Critical Care, Roland,
Patricia BSN, RN, CCRN et al. 2001.
4. “Parent-family connectedness was protective against: emotional distress, suicidal
thoughts/behaviors, violence, cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana and sexual debut.” –
Protecting Adolescents from Harm, Resnick et al. 1997.

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FamilyeJournal strengthens relationships1
and improves family connection.
Answer 4 simple question per eJournal
and then share privately with your family.
1Asbury, Trey, PhD and Kevin Strauss, ME, FamilyeJournal as an Online Relationship
Enhancement Tool, SOJ Psychology, 2014.

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What is FamilyeJournal?
Guided Group Journaling – Innovating Connection
• Asynchronous, written communication
• Q&A format that changes daily (preset or custom)
• Conversation initiator
• A way to level the playing field for sharing and communication
• Small groups sharing personal, but not private, information

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How does it work?
• Answer and share 4 database questions to create one
eJournal
• Read answers from only your family members
• New questions available anytime
• Takes ~5 minutes from any smartphone, tablet, computer
• Available 24/7/365, worldwide and in 72 languages
• Complete anonymity and privacy
• Total family wellness

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Sample Questions
(New question sets available anytime with no limits.)
1. If you had $1000 to spend on anything, what would you
choose?
2. How would you rate your day on a scale of 1-10?
3. Look outside your window and describe what you see.
4. What was your first thought when you awoke this
morning?

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What Can You Measure?
When a person feels connected their behaviors can improve
in many areas.
• Attendance, involvement, engagement
• Stress, presenteeism, unscheduled absences, productivity
• Overall behavior, morale, cooperation
• Self-confidence, self-esteem
• Physical health (e.g. blood pressure, weight loss, illness,
disease, etc.)
• Reduces drugs, alcohol, depression, suicide, bullying, etc.

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FEJ for Your Organization
1. Offered as part of your Employee Wellness for employees to
use with their own family.
2. Your organization cares about its employees and their family.
Happy at Home -> Happy at Work
3. E.g. 2500-5000 employees = $2499/year
a) Includes monthly aggregate data reports
b) $0.50-$1/employee, annually
4. In-place and available to all employees in less than one week

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Happy eJournaling!!!
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