The Wellness movement has many similarities to its environmental brethren the recycling program as it tries to become a regular part of our society? Let’s take a look at the rise of the recycling movement. For many of today’s generation, they have grown up with sorting materials into multiple recycling bins (or one bin now in Seattle) such…
Category Archives: Corporate Wellness
Reframing Health care
What’s the first thing you think of or do when I ask you to visualize biting into a lemon? For most, you wince knowing how tart a lemon can be on its own, though when added to other ingredients, it can be quite flavorful and useful. The same seems to hold true when we visualize…
Wellness 2.0
It is a given, you will die at some point – till that time comes, how do you want to feel: sad, depressed, and in constant pain or feeling strong, energetic and happy? In order to achieve that good feeling state, I put forth the following Wellness Guidelines for individuals and companies. Healthy Habits Addressing healthy…
Lunch Room Enhancement, Case Study
Does your lunch room/space entice you or turn you off when you think about visiting it? If you chose the second answer, there are a few enhancements that you can make with a limited budget and a little bit of time to remove the environmental barriers to encourage employees to get away from the desk…
Second Chances: Part II of II
Lessons from a Heart Attack Do more with less has been the mantra since the “Great Recession” struck in 2008. Employers have come to expect more out of the employees that are remaining on staff, not realizing the toll they are extracting from them. With more time spent at work and less time to practice…
Second Chances: Part I of II
PORTRAIT OF A HEART ATTACK I get the call from a friend: “John is in the hospital. He had a heart attack!” I’m thinking to myself: How is this possible, he’s only a couple of years older than myself and an active individual. How could he have a heart attack? Thankfully, through a combination…
HR Black Swan
A highly contagious flu bug hits your company of 100 employees and 50% can’t show up to work. Can your business still function for the day? What about a week or more? This would be classified as a Black Swan for Human Resources. So what is a Black Swan? Nassim Nicholas Taleb defines a Black Swan…
Why Wait
Companies and individuals are no different when it comes to committing to a wellness program. They both have the same fears and excuses as to changing their routines. Time Individual: I don’t have time in my schedule to exercise or cook my meals. Company: We have too many projects that are due; we can’t spare…
Definition Clarity
There seems to be some confusion with wellness and health insurance. To clarify, just because you have health insurance does not mean you are healthy or well. Quite the contrary as there is a big difference between these two. Insurance is defined as: “The act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one’s person, etc.,…
Love the Moment
I love what I do. Showing individuals and groups how to experience life at a whole other level just by making small changes in their daily lives. My reward and satisfaction comes when I see that “aha moment” of accomplishing more than they thought was possible. Now, at times I may reflect on the past…