12 Corporate Wellness Resources You Might Not Know About

12 Corporate Wellness Resources You Might Not Know About When it comes to Corporate Wellness, it can be overwhelming to stay on top of all the latest trends and information. To help keep you motivated and on track throughout the rest of 2018, I’m sharing 12 of my favorite corporate wellness resources. 1. Favorite Magazine -Corporate Wellness Magazine is a great resource...

Reducing Employee Stress at Work

Reducing the Costly Impact of Employee Stress at Work There’s a collective awakening happening in corporate America, and it’s being driven by the growing awareness of two things: the devastating and far-reaching health impacts of workplace stress, and the high financial cost to companies as a result. While my next blog, “3 Trends in Reducing Stress at Work” will detail trendy intervention strategies...

3 Trends in Reducing Workplace Stress

3 Trends in Reducing Workplace Stress It seems everyone’s talking about workplace stress these days, and for good reason. It’s a vitally important topic that deserves our attention and understanding. From being the cause of disease, mental illness, family breakdowns, to the costly impact on businesses and careers, “stress” is seen as the culprit to all that ails us. Beyond the...

The Effectiveness of Workplace Health Risk Assessments

The Effectiveness of Workplace Health Risk Assessments Often as a starting point for a workplace wellness program, a Health Risk Assessment (“HRA”) is a comprehensive questionnaire designed to identify health risks of employees. Ideally it then dovetails into a broader strategy of engaging employees in their own wellness choices, and assist them in making healthful changes that impact their health and...

Smoking Cessation Program

How to Create a Smoking Cessation Program Do any of your employee’s smoke? Then you need a smoking cessation program. The sad truth is that smokers increase costs for companies. But, by how much? A report by WebMDNews reported that, “Compared to non-smoking employees, every staff member who lights up costs their employer nearly $6,000 more each year.” The report breaks down the...

10 Healthy Snacks for the Workplace

10 Healthy Snacks for the Workplace It’s the 3pm munchies and there are no healthy snacks around. What do you do? Go for the vending machine for chips and soda? Hunger or Thirst? Before you lunge for the sweet and salty snacks that will leave you undernourished and with an energy crash at your desk 30 minutes later, go for a cup...

Doctor Visits: 6 Things To Consider

Doctor Visits: 6 Things To Consider In our modern age of information at our finger tips, it’s easier than ever before to gain knowledge about maintaining our health BEFORE we even step foot in the doctor’s office. In fact, it could be said that the old fashioned visit to the Doctor has evolved from a powerless, one-way dialogue, into an informed...

5 Tips To Reduce Workplace Stress

Workplace stress is at an all time high! Do you feel like you are being pulled in a million different directions at work? Do you ever wish it was Friday when it is only 11 am on a Monday? Do you want to hide under your desk when your boss comes by so you don't have to add another project to your...