Mental Health

Well-Being Boosts Company Output

How To Increase Employee Well-Being And Boost Company Output

/ Financial Health, Mental Health, Wellness and Wellbeing

Well-Being Boosts Company Output Management consulting titan, Deloitte, has found that well-being boosts company output. Particularly interesting is the finding that “best-performing companies on financial metrics were around 11 times more likely to offer holistic well-being policies”. Taken simply as a form of investment, holistic well-being policies make dollars and sense. It’s pretty rare these […]

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gut health affects your brain

Here’s How Your Gut Microbiome Actually Effects Your Brain – The Chalkboard

/ Gut Health, Mental Health

Gut Health Affects Your Brain More and more research shows that gut health affects your brain. Often overlooked in healthcare, the gut microbiome is slowly moving onto center stage. It will be interesting to see food as medicine where food prescriptions may replace pharmaceuticals for mental health and other areas. TRUST YOUR GUT, but actually —

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Employee Financial Well Being

Why Leaders Need To Look After Their Employees’ Financial Well-Being

/ Financial Health, Lifestyle

Employee Financial Well Being Employers should adopt employee financial well being as part of their initiatives to improve workplace health. Stress from financials impacts a significant part of the workforce according to new research. Do you have anyone in your team who is out of sorts? Perhaps they look overly tired or seem withdrawn? Are

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Protecting Holiday Mental Health

Protecting Holiday Mental Health: 7 Ways To Manage The Holidays

/ Mental Health

Protecting Holiday Mental Health In the 1965 cartoon A Charlie Brown Christmas, Charlie Brown laments the commercialism and stress of the Christmas season to budding psychologist, Lucy. She is able to relate with her own sentiments: “I know how you feel about all this Christmas business, getting depressed and all that. It happens to me

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HHS Wants More Medicare Advantage Services

/ Chronic Disease, Environment, Health Consumer

HHS Wants More Medicare Advantage Services Secretary Azar seems to be pushing for more prevention and better health as HHS wants more Medicare Advantage services. These services are not just more clinical visits or prescriptions or procedures. Secretary Azar wants to keep seniors out of the hospital not just to avoid costs but to “protect

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Whole Person Health

Cigna CEO Sees Value Of “Whole Person” Health

/ Health Consumer, Holistic Programs, Mindfulness

Whole Person Health In an earnings call with analysts, Cigna’s CEO spoke about the value of whole person health. The connection between whole person health and Cigna’s recent acquisition of pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts remains unclear, however. It is heartening to see a CEO at a major payer make this statement on an earnings call.

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toxic stress

‘Toxic stress’ on children can harm their lifelong learning, mental and physical health

/ Mental Health

Toxic Stress Childhood is the formative years. Unfortunately, toxic stress is a negative that can form during childhood and can manifest in physical and mental health concerns. Lifestyle is not simply what we eat but it covers our interactions (or lack thereof) with people, Nature, and more. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) can corrupt the formative

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exercise boosts mental health

How Exercise Can Boost Your Mental Health | Psychology Today

/ Fitness, Mental Health

Exercise Boosts Mental Health There is more to exercise than the “no pain, no gain” mentality. While many Americans associate exercise with grueling physical workouts, more and more research shows exercise boosts mental health as well. As healthcare becomes more holistic, this is a great opportunity to make the most of exercise… for more than sweating.

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sophrology

This Mind-Body Technique Is France’s Best-Kept Secret For Reducing Stress

/ Mindfulness, Wellness and Wellbeing, Yoga

Sophrology Sophrology seems to be a growing mindfulness practice in many parts of Europe. It is even making a start in the US. Mindfulness practices are wonderful additions to our healthcare. Whether for prevention, balance, or even treatment these millennia-old practices still work. Sophrology is only a few decades old, by comparison, but has capture

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care coordination tech helps sdoh

How care coordination tech helped one health network address social determinants

/ Environment

Care Coordination Tech Helps SDOH Social Determinants Of Health (SDOH) have been part of our health since the beginning. However, we have lost track of the value of SDOH in the past few decades as “health care” became synonymous with medical care which has left housing, education, loneliness, nutrition and much more out of the

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