Project Bite of the Month | May 2026 Mental Health Awareness: Resilience & Mindfulness for PMs
The APA's 2025 Work in America™ survey landed with a punch: 54% of U.S. workers say job insecurity is significantly impacting their stress, and 65% say their company has been affected by recent government policy changes. Among workers at companies hit hardest by those changes, roughly 1 in 3 reported emotional exhaustion in the past month.
If you manage projects, that's the team you're trying to keep moving through reorgs, shifting priorities, and a steady hum of "what happens if?" in the background.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so this month's featured Bite goes after the problem head-on: "Introduction to Mindfulness: The Feel Rest Technique" with Fred Pitt, a former PM and CIO turned mindfulness coach. It's 20 minutes of practical instruction in a relaxation technique you can actually use between status meetings and not just a lecture about self-care. The goal is simple: a quieter mind, better sleep, and enough recovery to lead well tomorrow.
The APA frames unmanaged stress as an organizational risk of lower productivity and higher turnover; not a personal weakness. That matters for PMs, because we shape how the work gets done. Building your own resilience is step one. Helping your team build theirs is step two.
Watch it at projectbites.com (members get free access reach out if you don’t know the chapter coupon code), earn part PDU, and take 20 minutes back for yourself. Log it in CCRS!
Read the APA's full findings: https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2025/05/job-insecurity-causing-stress
