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    Meet our 2022 Social Mission Partner: Shanthi@Work

    Love what you do and where you do it

     

    Make compassion part of your company culture and help your employees succeed with training from certified mindfulness experts like Maureen Wendling at Shanthi@Work.

     

    “We help reduce stress and improve productivity so your team can return to work each day with a genuine focus on the organization’s goals while achieving their own peak job performance.”

     

     

    MINDFULNESS
    Employees from four companies self-reported reductions in burnout and perceived stress, improvements in wellbeing,
    increases in team and organizational climate, and personal performance.

     

    HEALTHCARE COSTS
    Potential positive effects have been shown with: chronic illness, pain, substance use, depression, anxiety, perceived stress, cancer support, and IBS. *National Center for Biotechnology Information

     

    Proceeds from Shanthi@Work help support our Kind+Calm+Focused programs, which provide kids social-emotional learning skills and resiliency for an increasingly complex 21st century world.

     

    • 85% Employees agreed that their workplace stress affects their mental health.
      *Mental Health America Report, copyright 2021

     

    • 65% Workers said that workplace stress had caused difficulties during their workday.
      *Attitudes in the American Workplace VII

     

    As our 2022 Social Mission Partner, 10% of every Fig subscription in 2022 goes directly to the work of Shanthi@Work. Go to figlehighvalley.com/figmagazine to subscribe.