{"id":48624,"date":"2023-01-22T07:51:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T12:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/the-network\/uncategorized\/mental-health-and-financial-wellness-workshops"},"modified":"2024-05-07T15:47:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T19:47:20","slug":"mental-health-and-financial-wellness-workshops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/the-network\/general-interest\/mental-health-and-financial-wellness-workshops","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health and Financial Wellness Workshops"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>On Wednesday, December 7 and 14, two workshops were presented in the form of discussions on mental health and financial wellness. The goal was to raise awareness, speak openly and dispel taboos on a very sensitive topic: How stress related to personal finances can affect your mental health and well-being.<\/p>\n<p><u>We learned that the number 1 source of stress for Canadians is financial worries!<\/u><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Participants shared&nbsp;that :<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>many of them make a budget using Excel;<\/li>\n<li>some of them realize that they should be budgeting;<\/li>\n<li>they recognize the importance of having an emergency fund;<\/li>\n<li>people are stressed out by inflation: everyone agrees that no one is exempt;<\/li>\n<li>the holiday season is a critical time and often more stressful.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>There are some tips that can help manage stress, such as :<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>understanding your paycheque, which can help you better manage your expenses;<\/li>\n<li>making a budget and having a plan;<\/li>\n<li>contributing to an emergency fund with each paycheque (schedule an automatic transfer to a savings account on the Friday of each pay week);<\/li>\n<li>setting up email or text notifications of your spending and establishing spending categories to visualize where your money is going;<\/li>\n<li>avoiding impulse purchases; if it wasn&rsquo;t planned, wait a day before making the purchase, after giving it some careful thought;<\/li>\n<li>brushing up on your knowledge of personal finance (there are short quizzes available on the Web, understanding your pay stub, where to save money);<\/li>\n<li>contributing to the savings program offered by AGF &ndash; Manulife (for more information, contact Payroll.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And if, like us, you or a member of your family needs to discuss finances.<\/p>\n<p>And if, like us, you or a family member need to discuss finances, <u>here are some resources where you can learn more:<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Employee Assistance Program, available to all AGF employees:<br \/>\n\t1-877-455-3561 or visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desjardinslifeinsurance.com\/en\/group-insurance-plan-members\/need-help\/assistance-services?Province=QC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>My AGF &ndash; Mental Health Program. See the Toolbox and Resources section;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/id.manulife.ca\/signin?ui_locales=en-CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manulife,<\/a> for those participating in the group savings plan;<\/li>\n<li>Your financial institution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ligne_bleue_separation_version_e-2456.jpg\" style=\"height:67px; width:400px\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Talleres de salud mental y de bienestar econ&oacute;mico<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Los mi&eacute;rcoles 7 y 14 de diciembre se llevaron a cabo dos talleres en forma de debates sobre la salud mental y el bienestar econ&oacute;mico. El objetivo era simplemente sensibilizar a nuestros empleados, concederles la palabra y romper los tab&uacute;es sobre este delicado tema, y hablar de c&oacute;mo el estr&eacute;s relacionado con las finanzas personales puede afectar nuestra salud mental y bienestar.<\/p>\n<p><u>&iexcl;Descubrimos que la principal fuente de estr&eacute;s de los canadienses son los problemas financieros!<\/u><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Los participantes nos compartieron que:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>varios realizan con frecuencia un presupuesto en Excel;<\/li>\n<li>algunos est&aacute;n conscientes de que deber&iacute;an elaborar un presupuesto;<\/li>\n<li>es importante contar con un fondo de urgencia;<\/li>\n<li>la inflaci&oacute;n es una fuente de estr&eacute;s para varios y todos concuerdan con que nadie se escapa;<\/li>\n<li>la &eacute;poca de las fiestas es un periodo cr&iacute;tico y con frecuencia m&aacute;s estresante.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Existen algunas astucias que nos pueden ayudar a manejar el estr&eacute;s:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>comprender nuestro sueldo para manejar mejor nuestros gastos;<\/li>\n<li>establecer un presupuesto, tener un plan;<\/li>\n<li>contribuir a un fondo de urgencia con cada paga (programar una transferencia autom&aacute;tica a una cuenta de ahorros cada viernes de la semana de paga);<\/li>\n<li>crear notificaciones por correo electr&oacute;nico o textos sobre nuestros gastos y establecer tipos de gastos para contar con una manera visual de a d&oacute;nde va nuestro dinero;<\/li>\n<li>no comprar de manera espont&aacute;nea (si la compra no estaba prevista, esperar al d&iacute;a siguiente para comprar despu&eacute;s de considerarlo cuidadosamente);<\/li>\n<li>poner al d&iacute;a nuestros conocimientos sobre finanzas personales (existen peque&ntilde;as pruebas en Internet sobre c&oacute;mo comprender el tal&oacute;n de paga y c&oacute;mo ahorrar);<\/li>\n<li>contribuir al programa de ahorro ofrecido por AGF &ndash; Manuvie (si desea m&aacute;s informaci&oacute;n, puede escribir a N&oacute;mina).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Y si usted o un miembro de su familia necesita discutir sobre finanzas, <u>a continuaci&oacute;n, le presentamos algunas fuentes de informaci&oacute;n a su disposici&oacute;n<\/u>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>el programa de ayuda a los empleados accesible a todos los empleados de AGF:<br \/>\n\t1-877-455-3561 o <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desjardinsassurancevie.com\/pae360\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.desjardinsassurancevie.com\/pae360<\/a> (en franc&eacute;s y en ingl&eacute;s);<\/li>\n<li><em>My<\/em> AGF &ndash; Programa de Salud Mental; consulte la caja de herramientas y recursos (en franc&eacute;s y en ingl&eacute;s);<\/li>\n<li>Manuvie para los participantes en el programa de ahorro colectivo: <a href=\"https:\/\/portail.manuvie.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/portail.manuvie.ca<\/a> (en franc&eacute;s y en ingl&eacute;s);<\/li>\n<li>su instituci&oacute;n financiera;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, December 7 and 14, two workshops were presented in the form of discussions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":60204,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[217],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-interest"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48624"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60208,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48624\/revisions\/60208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/groupeagf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}