Keeping an Open Mind: Reducing the Stigma of Mental Health in Your Workplace

We’ve all had to grapple with the fallout of personal or professional adversity at some point in our lives. The results usually aren’t pretty, oftentimes creeping into other aspects of our health. We anxiously endure sleepless nights spent tossing and turning. We suddenly...

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Value a Good Night’s Sleep [Infographic]

In today’s hectic world, sleep can be a low priority. But not getting the recommended seven to eight hours of nightly sleep can be detrimental to your health. Learn more about the importance of sleep and how to get more of it.

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Unplugging from the Matrix: The Benefits of Going Through a Digital Detox

These days, it seems most of our lives are spent surrounded by the familiar glow of one screen or another. Many of us go to work and stare into a computer screen all day. Then, when it’s time to take a break, we pull out the trusty smartphone and gaze into another, smalle...

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When Less is More: Why Bigger May Not Be Better When It Comes to Wellness

‘Go big or go home’ seems to be the mantra of choice for many employers when implementing a workplace wellness program. But is the ‘everything and the kitchen sink’ approach really the most effective way to achieve a healthier work environment? When it comes to personal w...

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Goals + Accountability + YOU

Achieving goals is easier said than done. It’s why less than 10 percent of people ever achieve their New Year’s resolution. For most of us, the desire to eat healthy, work out regularly, spend less, and be a better person is there, but it’s the follow through that is lack...

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Tracking Your Health Without Breaking the Bank

Let’s see if this scenario sounds familiar. You plop down on the couch with your laptop or phone—debit card in hand—ready to invest in that new fitness tracker you read about on your favorite wellness blog. There’s just one problem. That sucker costs way more than you exp...

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How to Get Over Your Fear of Wellness Metrics

It’s the middle of the afternoon on a Friday and your CEO just dropped by to schedule a meeting to discuss how the company’s wellness program is going. Gulp! Time to dust off those trusty reports and put together a quick presentation. There’s just one problem, you have no...

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Creating Benchmarks throughout Your Program

Evaluating Your Wellness Program to Optimize Benchmark Success In recent years, value on investment (VOI) has been trending as the measurement of success for a wellness program. It’s no wonder, as wellness companies continue to fervently promote the next best thing in wel...

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Know Your Audience: Communicating with Different Employee Segments

Pop quiz! After months of internal discussions and careful planning, you’re ready to launch your latest workplace wellness initiative, and you need to spread the word to your employees fast. What do you do? Easy. Fire off a few quick emails, break out some table tents, an...

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4 Fun and Healthy Events to Boost Wellness Program Engagement

Yes, it’s true—a company can implement a workplace wellness program and then sit back and let it play out on its own. But that usually garners mediocre results, and who wants to be mediocre? Wellness programs are similar to relationships—the more they’re cultivated, the m...

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