Workplace Wellbeing For so long too many people have associated the workplace with drudgery. A place to work. However, work is part of our lives! It should be vibrant and energizing. More organizations see this and want to enhance workplace wellbeing… for business motives if nothing else. Cold mornings and dark nights can take their […]
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Minneapolis YMCA Wellbeing Center The YMCA has a history of holistic thinking around health. Their offerings range from social services to physical education to spiritual. It is no surprise to find the Minneapolis YMCA Wellbeing Center open to a partnership to promote wellbeing. When Penny George was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1996, she said
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Duke Integrative Medicine Wheel of Health There are many models to depict health. Some are as a simple and powerful as the Chinese Yin Yang symbol that guides not only Traditional Chinese Medicine but various martial arts, philosophy and more. The Duke Integrative Medicine Wheel of Health is, in our humble opinion, a wonderful construct
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Employers Embrace Wellbeing For decades employers have pushed wellness programs on employees in the hopes of controlling costs. In many cases, the wellness program was a watered-down annual wellness visit to check weight, blood pressure, heart rate, smoking, and alcohol consumption. There are countless horror stories where employer wellness plans that focused on biometrics and
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The Hospital in Hospitality The English word hospital finds its roots in the Late Latin hospitale “guest-house, inn,” (click here for more etymology) and evolved to focus on the sick and needy. The idea that the hospitality industry has taken a renewed interest in health and wellbeing for its guests really isn’t so new. While hospitals continue to
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