Mindfulness Training: A Case Study in Managed Care
Health costs continue to steadily rise. Some of the reasons driving that increase: Distorted incentives motivate providers to oversupply expensive diagnostic and treatment procedures while encouraging...
View ArticleCorporate Wellness – Finding the Right Prescription for Reducing Healthcare...
Without question, escalating healthcare costs have been a heavy burden for American businesses over the last decade. Hospitals, long considered part of the problem, were not immune to this trend. On...
View ArticleComparing the Caring
I sat next to David’s bed in the AIDS hospice the last week of his life and told him that he was a beautiful man. “Thank you,” he said, and I closed the door and softly sang hymns he had in the choir....
View ArticleManaging Stress Requires a Sense of Control
Who’s in control anyway? If you were passed over for a promotion at work would it be because you blew the job interview or because your boss has it in for you and will never give you a promotion? Your...
View ArticleWhy Wellness Works: How to Turn Your Workforce Into a WELLFORCE
Turn Your Workforce Into a WELLFORCE As the health care landscape continues to change at an unprecedented pace, companies are left wondering, “How do we make this work?” The answer, simply, is worksite...
View ArticleThe Future of Wellness Is Here: Managing Chronic Disease via Interactive...
Chronic diseases – such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and arthritis – are among the most common, costly and preventable of all health problems in the United States. That is why chronic...
View ArticleManaging Stress is Especially Important for Those with Cancer
Did you know that chronic stress, like that from unremitting illness; causes body tissue to adapt to higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol, thus the body becomes less effective in regulating...
View ArticleChoosing Wellness Interventions
Choosing the appropriate interventions is a critical step in developing and delivering a results-oriented worksite wellness program. Wellness interventions are focused on modification of risk factors...
View ArticleThe Benefits of Positive Emotions at Work
Science has long documented the toll that negative emotions such as anxiety, fear and sadness have on our minds and bodies. Recent evidence, however, highlights the previously under appreciated...
View ArticleManaging Metabolic Syndrome is a Delicious Boost to ROI
When I made my way west after graduate school and arrived as a nutrition consultant at a high profile Silicon Valley tech company, I was stunned to discover that for such an educated, seemingly...
View ArticleDon’t Let Holiday Chaos Over-stress You
Thanksgiving through New Years is a very busy time for most of us. The additional stress of the holidays gets piled onto all of your ongoing responsibilities and can drain your energy, not to mention...
View ArticleFive Trends Shaping Health and Wellness at the Workplace
Corporate wellness programs are a recent mega-trend impacting businesses of all sizes. Businesses are integrating wellness strategies to create an overall health enhancing work experience, as well as...
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