Wellbeing & Work/Life Balance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

The EAP is here to help faculty, staff, and their household members with personal and workplace challenges. This program provides individual assessment and referral, solution-oriented personal issue resolution, face-to-face and virtual counseling, life management services, and other resources aimed at assisting members with a variety of issues.

Additional wellness services are offered through Empathia’s LifeMatters website. The website offers a variety of resources including assessments, webinars, articles, etc. pertaining to the following categories:

• Emotional Wellbeing (addiction, depression, stress, etc.)
• Relationships (caregiving, nurturing yourself, parenting, etc.)
• Financial (banking & credit, budgeting, investing, identity theft etc.)
• Health (alternative medicine, balanced living, healthy aging, etc.)
• Legal (contracts, debt & bankruptcy, immigration, retirement & elder care, etc.)
• Workplace (effective communication, managing work & family, etc.)

Services also include conflict resolution, supervisory consultation and training, and on-campus professional development.

Some medical plans provide counseling and other wellbeing services that can supplement the EAP. Please check with your medical plan provider to learn more.

Other Resources include:

• Wellbeing Toolkit featuring courses, videos, articles and books for learning more about your wellbeing
• Sweeteners webpage showcasing a listing of employees discounts and services
• Outside Refresh - embracing nature for health and wellbeing
• San Luis Obispo County Resource List
• Benefits Events webpage displaying upcoming benefit events
• Campus Health & Wellbeing, including the pharmacy and food pantry