Executive Director's January 2025 Message

Welcome to 2025! I love how the new year is a time for a fresh start. Leave whatever did not serve you behind in 2024. It’s tradition to set New Year’s resolutions. I love the idea of creating a new healthy habit by piggybacking off an existing habit. For example, if you want to start a new vitamin regimen, you can add it to an existing routine such as brushing your teeth. Place your vitamins next to your toothpaste to help you remember to take them. The idea is to use existing good habits as a cue to act on the new habit you want to form. They don’t necessarily have to be complementary habits. Personally, I like to do morning meditations, and making coffee reminds me to go and do my meditation. There are different mental hacks that can help you form and stick to a new healthy habit. Give them a try and find what works for you.

Some people emerge from the holidays full of hope, while others feel the post-holiday blues. This is completely normal, and why January is a great month to focus on your mental health and well-being. Here are a few post-holiday tips to boost mental health at work. If you’re feeling sad after the holidays, please reach out for help. The Employee Assistance Program (EAP), which is available to all active employees, can support you or guide you to existing resources available through your benefits for additional help and support. Retirees can access behavioral health care through your health plan. 

2025 is a big year of change for San Francisco. I want to welcome our new mayor, Daniel Lurie, to the City and County of San Francisco and the Health Service System. I also want to thank Mayor London Breed for her leadership and service to our City during the pandemic and the recovery that followed. Mayor Lurie has big plans to revive our economy, which is no easy task. Let’s all root for his success as it will also be our success. I’m excited about what he will bring to the table to improve our beloved City, and all the possibilities this year will bring.

Be well,

Abbie Yant, RN, MA