Words of Wellness

June is National Employee Wellness Month, which makes it a great time to discover workday habits that boost your wellness–and can even boost the wellness of your whole organization. Challenge yourself to try one of the healthy habits listed below this month. You might experience better focus, less fatigue, increased productivity, teamwork, collaboration, work-life satisfaction,...

Congratulations on your amazing accomplishment as a new graduate! As you embark into the next phase of your journey, a magnitude of opportunities lay before you. With this breadth of opportunity, comes many possibilities for your future. Not knowing the next life-steps can initiate waves of feeling overwhelmed, drained energy, and difficulty implementing much needed self care...

Your first priority in life should always be you, and part of prioritizing yourself means investing devotion towards your mental health as it is critical to your overall well-being. Our emotional, psychological, and social well-being are all part of our mental health. It has an impact on the way we think, feel, and act while also influencing how we deal with stress, interact...

“A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them.” –Liberty Hyde Bailey If you’re gardening this spring, you’ve seen firsthand how love and care can help flowers grow and bloom. This is true throughout nature, and...

The discomforts of pregnancy can often be overlooked, especially when you’re dealing with the aches and pains that having life inside you can create. Although being pregnant is as rewarding as it is exciting, many women experience feelings of lethargy, swelling, anxiety and depression resulting from hormonal changes, and can even have difficulties sleeping, notably during...

Now more than ever, self-care is essential. It can sometimes feel impossible to implement a work-life balance while you're home during a global pandemic. Working outside of the office offers schedule flexibility and more lucrative opportunities, but there is also the risk that it can feel overwhelming and disorderly when there is no evenness between work and home life. Managing...

As days lengthen and the temperature rises, all of nature seems to wake from its winter dormancy. This could be the perfect time to take a look at your lifestyle and do a bit of spring cleaning. Taking on a few good habits, and losing some not-so-good ones, can bring big benefits to your health and general wellness. Check out some of the actions you can take to “clean-up”...

With Valentine’s Day on the way, many of us are looking for fun ways to shower our loved ones with affection, but is there someone who keeps slipping off your lists? Yes! Yourself!

What are you doing on New Year’s Eve? Make a date with a mindset.

When the clock strikes midnight many of us will make a toast, kiss someone we love, and make a resolution to do (or stop doing) something in the new year. These resolutions to eat better, save more money, call home more often, and make time for self-care are made with the best of intentions, but are they the best way to make a change? Read on, the answer might surprise you!

Holiday help is here! Making self-care a priority is key to staying merry during the busy holiday season. We call the holidays “the most wonderful time of the year” and it can be. It can also be busy, demanding, and emotionally overwhelming. We'd like to gift you some help and self-care ideas!