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The immune system is influenced by a number of factors, and we need a well-structured plan when trying to strengthen it. In order to boost the immune system, we need to exercise regularly, eat a well-balanced diet, manage stress, get enough sleep, and reduce exposure to environmental pollutants and products with harsh ingredients. Remember, a healthy lifestyle is equal to strong immunity. [Read more…]
How your team interacts with clients can make all the difference in whether your business grows. And helping your team realize how their communication skills affect clients, even if it’s just via nonverbal cues, can enhance their ability to understand the needs of your clients.
Tody we are sharing some of our favorite strategies for opening the lines of communication and foster an environment of collaboration. [Read more…]
It’s fair to say that as we head into the end of summer, a good number of us feel a sense of longing for summer to stay.
Getting ready to say goodbye to the summer season can bring on uneasy feelings as we inch towards colder weather and shorter days. This may be especially true due to continued COVID-19 stress and uncertainty.
Before summer is over, make a list of what is already going well and what you love the most about the season.
What are the best ways to keep in touch with friends as life gets busier?
How can you bring some of those same scents of summer into your home?
What self-care routine will you continue to do daily that served you well all summer long? Take time before the end of the season to savor your summer memories — it’ll make the transition easier when the time comes. [Read more…]
The key to having a successful corporate wellness program at work is encouraging overall wellbeing while still keeping it fun. If you can’t get your team engaged then your corporate wellness program ideas will quickly lose steam. So make your initiatives fun, try new ideas and see what your team values the most.
Employees who sit long hours in an office need time to exercise or move around. Some companies provide on-site gym services and fitness classes to help their employees stay fit. Some even have after-work group exercise classes, swimming pools, and sports grounds for their staff. [Read more…]
The early focus of corporate or company wellness programs was on weight loss, disease management for high-risk employees, and/or meeting rudimentary criteria to receive discounts on health insurance premiums.
This means one of the primary goals was to control employer healthcare costs – not necessarily to bolster the health, productivity, and happiness of the labor pool.
Physical health and incentivizing programs to reduce costs to employers and employees are valid and valuable objectives. However, if these are the only objectives of a corporate wellness program, it is unlikely the larger goal of improving the well-being of employees will be met over the long term.
The return on investment to the employer will not be significant. Wellness is a puzzle. All the pieces must be included or the picture won’t make sense.
Fortunately, corporate wellness is evolving and incorporating more comprehensive and robust program models with a holistic approach to personal health. Physical health is still important, but corporate wellness is beginning to understand the relationship between physical health, mental health, stress management, sleep, education, and workspace structures.
As more and more employers and organizations recognize the need to support the “whole person” and emphasize the value of all interrelated facets of wellness, the ROI grows along with the health of their staff. [Read more…]
Exercise provides an outlet for negative emotions, irritability, depression, hostility, anger, frustration, and anxiety. Regular exercise provides the opportunity to manage the “fight or flight response“ and helps the body to return to a balanced state more quickly.
Exercise can also improve self-esteem and self-worth. We may feel more outgoing and social because of the increased energy. Our self-esteem is be enhanced by taking on exercise challenges or goals, giving us a feeling of accomplishment and reward.
Exercise increases your overall health and your sense of well-being, which puts more pep in your step every day. But exercise also has some direct stress-busting benefits.
When you eat and drink can affect your sleep, and how you sleep can impact how much and what you eat and drink. Meeting health-related goals like weight loss warrants attention to this interconnected relationship. Come explore the physiology so you can guide your clients thoroughly.
The body has many separate parts but ultimately (and ideally) works as a fluid system. Paying attention to the various components of human physiology helps all the parts work together fluidly; leading to more complete wellness.
Sleep scientists have examined how a low night of sleep affects food choices by presenting study participants with a buffet of food the day after a full night’s sleep and after a low night of sleep. Food choices and caloric intake are recorded to determine the effect of sleep on appetite.
Being a successful coach means more than relegating yourself to the confines of a gym, studio, or office. It means expanding your reach in creative and inventive ways. Here are 5 ways to creatively leverage your certified coach status. [Read more…]
Heart disease remains the leading cause of mortality in the US. One-fourth of all deaths occur due to a heart problem. Each year about 610 000 people die of the condition, and half of them die due to coronary artery disease caused by arterial plaques. Total deaths due to cardiovascular diseases are around 859 000 when we add deaths related to stroke to these numbers. Another, 735 000 Americans have a heart attack each year.
Most people are aware of the symptoms of the condition like chest pain and discomfort, pain in the arm, stomach, shortness of breath, nausea, dizziness, cold sweats, and so on.
Heart disease may occur due to many reasons, and most of these causes are modifiable and preventable. High blood pressure remains the most significant contributor to heart disease, followed by high cholesterol and smoking. Other underlying causes of cardiovascular diseases are diabetes, obesity, poor diet, physical inactivity, and alcohol abuse.
Not all heart attacks are avoidable, but a considerable number of them can be prevented or delayed by several years with mere lifestyle interventions. After all, 80% of all heart diseases are due to preventable reasons. CDC says that about 200,000 deaths each year are preventable through lifestyle modification, and in many more cases, such events can be delayed significantly.
Heart health can be improved by non-pharmacological means is a proven fact and not just an opinion. From 1972 to 1992, just in a period of 20 years, Finland was able to reduce mortality due to coronary heart disease by as much as 80%. Ireland reduced mortality due to heart disease by 48.1% from 1985 to 2000.
Many people may think that taking a statin or low-dose aspirin may help prevent a heart attack. However, they are partially wrong. Lifestyle changes are the primary way to prevent cardiovascular diseases, and medications are just adjuncts. No, medication can help as exercise, dietary corrections, quitting smoking, and so on. In fact, medications may not even work if such changes are not carried out. This means that natural methods are superior in prevention to pharmacological drugs.
Regretfully, many people think that medications alone can save them. One of the reasons for such a mindset is that popping up a pill or two a day is much more comfortable than sweating out for an hour in a gym, or planning a diet, cooking at home, and so on.
This is not to say that medications have no value in preventing heart diseases, but they should always be used along with lifestyle interventions. Undoubtedly, controlling blood pressure, diabetes, dyslipidemia, with the help of medications, will make a considerable difference.
Preventing heart disease, improving heart health naturally, will only work when one combines a number of elements into the disease prevention program. Doing one of two things will still help, but not as much as one would like. So, healthy heart program should include dietary changes, daily exercise, stress management, reducing substance abuse, and so on. [Read more…]
Think about your current training or coaching career. I am willing to bet your clients experience stress (not the good kind) on a regular, or semi-regular basis. It’s called life…
As a trainer or coach, do you know all the physiological and psychological signs and symptoms of stress? Do you know the leading causes of stress? How do you define the distinct difference between good and bad stress? Do you have an action plan for clients who experience high levels or extended periods of stress? [Read more…]