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Mental Health Month: Empowering your workforce through meaningful support

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May is Mental Health Month — and a reminder that the work your team is doing to support employee mental wellbeing matters deeply.

Mental wellbeing continues to influence engagement, productivity, retention, connection, and overall health outcomes across every workforce. Yet for many employees, getting support still feels difficult to prioritize. A recent study found that 43% of employees say lack of time is the biggest barrier preventing them from accessing mental health care, while 42% cite cost.

That’s why creating support that is easy to access, integrated into everyday life, and connected to the employee experience matters more than ever.

The good news: your organization already has resources available to engage employees earlier, build healthier habits, strengthen social connection, and access support in ways that feel approachable and actionable in your wellbeing portal.

 

 

At Navigate, mental wellbeing support is embedded directly into the wellbeing portal your employees already use - supporting you without adding more to your plate. From mindfulness resources and wellbeing challenges to coaching, educational content, and tools that encourage balance and connection, your portal is designed to help employees take small, sustainable steps toward better mental wellbeing.

Across the Navigate book of business in 2025, we're seeing the impact of that support:

  • 86% of participants improved their mindfulness

  • 82% of participants improved in social connection

  • 77% of participants improved their overall balance


These outcomes reinforce an important truth: when support is accessible, personalized, and consistently reinforced, employees are more likely to engage and create lasting behavior change.

To help you continue supporting employee mental wellbeing this month and beyond, we’re highlighting several ways your organization can leverage the resources already available through Navigate.

Wellbeing Portal Content

1. Mental health support in your wellbeing portal

One of the most impactful ways to support your employees is by ensuring they know where and how to find help.

Here’s how your organization can leverage what’s already available:

 → The Health Library provides employees with easy access to credible, digestible information on a wide range of mental health topics - from stress and burnout to anxiety and emotional resilience. These resources empower employees to better understand what they’re experiencing and take informed steps forward.

→ The Articles section offers a variety of content that speaks directly to real-life challenges - whether that’s managing overwhelm, navigating life transitions, or building healthier habits. These pieces are designed to educate while also offering practical, relatable guidance.

→ Video Courses offer deeper learning through guided experiences that help participants define what mental health means to them, build effective coping strategies, manage stress with confidence, and strengthen emotional resilience.

→ Challenges inspire action with daily practices that help participants build small healthy habits. Each challenge is designed to be approachable, motivating, and fun - keeping participants engaged.

2. Personalized mental wellbeing coaching - because everyone needs someone to talk to

Digital resources are incredibly valuable, but sometimes the most meaningful support comes from human connection.

Navigate's Mental Wellbeing Coaching, giving employees access to personalized, one-on-one guidance from mental wellbeing coaches that deliver whole-person, evidence-based coaching. Coaching provides a safe, supportive space where individuals feel heard, seen, and valued.

This level of support can be transformative - not just for individual employees, but for your organization as a whole.

Hear from one of our certified mental wellbeing coaches:

 

If your organization does not currently offer Mental Wellbeing Coaching, we encourage you to connect with your Client Success Manager to learn more about how to get started.

3. Wellbeing webinars for your workforce

Navigate’s Wellbeing Webinars make it easy to expand support for employee health and wellbeing without adding administrative burden to your team. Each live virtual session is led by experts and tailored to your workforce, goals, benefits, and wellbeing strategy. Sessions go beyond education by connecting participants to the most relevant programs, tools, and resources available to them, helping employees leave with practical next steps that drive stronger engagement, healthier behaviors, and more meaningful outcomes across your population.

What's included:

  • 45-min virtual sessions, including coverage of your related wellbeing benefits and platform

  • Turnkey promotional marketing

  • Engagement reporting

  • Platform points can be applied to reinforce participation

  • Turnkey promotional assets

Connect with your Client Success Manager to get started.

To learn more about Wellbeing Webinars and see our current topic library, download this PDF →

4. Integration with mental health partners - because care shouldn't be complicated

Too often, benefits are spread across multiple platforms, making them hard to access. Thanks to our integrated platform, you can add resources at any time.

→ A truly connected experience - add PDFs, EAPs, benefits, and third-party solutions to your portal for ease

→ Promote on-site clinics, events, or community resources

Looking for a virtual mental health solution? Ask your CSM about our partner, Talkspace. Talkspace provides self-guided tools, therapy, and psychiatric care support. And Navigate clients benefit from rapid implementation, expert mental health content, and a culture of care backed by analytics both real-time and quarterly.

Learn more about Talkspace and Navigate's partner ecosystem here → 

 

 

Let’s make mental health a priority - together

Mental Health Month is more than a moment - it’s an opportunity to build lasting change. By connecting your employees to the Navigate Wellbeing Platform and promoting its mental health resources, you’re taking a meaningful step toward a healthier, more resilient workforce.

If you’d like to explore additional ways to support your employees - including Mental Wellbeing Coaching, Wellbeing Webinars, and Talkspace - reach out to your Client Success Manager. We’re here to help you every step of the way.