Workplace Wellness
In early 2000, I started vocalizing about the wellness crises in America. Going to networking groups and speaking to business owners and government leaders, my message was heard, but very often, dismissed. Unfortunately, decision makers were not making the connection between high insurance costs and their employees' health. Blaming insurance companies on their profit margins, or the doctors and hospitals for cost of services, the real issues were not being addressed. "People, the reason why it's so high is because we are using it too much!" This was my frustrated remark whenever I heard about the "healthcare crises". Wellness was the answer and the only way we were going to control the future fiscal fitness of our country.
I'm happy to report that the Wellness Movement is NOW in high gear! You can't turn the page of a newspaper or magazine, or change the channel on your TV without seeing or hearing the word. This makes me very happy, but also anxious. I'm eager to share what I know and to guide people in the right direction. Fortunately, there are a few more Wellness Advocates out there to help carry the load. Allow me with the use of this site to further guide you on your company's wellness journey.
Healthy Body
Healthy Mind
Ergonomics
For Employers
For Employees
Fiscal Fitness
Working Together
EAP means "Employee Assistance Programs"
- Here are some of my favorite not-for-profits that are offering free or very inexpensive solutions. They can assist you in choosing a program that is right for your company.
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Martini Spoken Here...
“Most thieves aren’t smart. If they were, they would be able to think of better ways to make money.”
“If the eyes are the window to the soul, then the mouth is the door to the human persona.”
“Whatever goes in or comes out says a lot about someone.”
“Everyone in your life represents energy you can borrow. Take the best of what they have to offer and give back the best of you as payment.”
“Start your journey NOW before the world decides to leave without you.”
"You can decide right now to start being the best you can be. And if you do, every second from this moment on means you are better than the second before.”
"You don’t need to know how to get to your best life. You just have to want it. The universe takes care of the rest.”
“I must have been absent the day they taught entitlement.”
Talk About Family
He said -
“The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.”
~ Thomas JeffersonShe said -
“In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry.”
~ Margaret LaurenceTalk About Philanthropy
He said -
“Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.”
~ Gamaliel BaileyShe said -
“I don‘t think you ever stop giving. I really don‘t. I think it‘s an on-going process. And it‘s not just about being able to write a check. It‘s being able to touch somebody‘s life.”
~ Oprah WinfreyTalk About Fitness
He said -
“A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I‘m afraid of widths.”
~ Steven WrightShe said -
“Find fitness with fun dancing. It is fun and makes you forget about the dreaded exercise.”
~ Paula AbdulTalk About Forgiveness
He said -
“Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has
crushed it.”
She said -
“Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins
for breakfast.”
Talk About Gratitude
He said -
“The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.”
~ John E. SouthardShe said -
“The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children.”
~ Nancy FridayTalk About Health
He said -
“Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.”
~ Doug LarsonShe said -
“True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it
is lost.”
Talk About Love
He said -
“Do I love you because you‘re beautiful, or are you beautiful because I love you?”
~ Richard RodgersShe said -
“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.”
~ Mother TeresaTalk About Success
He said -
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man
of value.”
She said -
“There is no point at which you can say, ‘Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.’ ”
~ Carrie FisherTalk About Kindness
He said -
“If you haven‘t any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of
heart trouble.”
She said -
“Open your heart — open it wide; someone is standing outside.”
~ Mary Engelbreit