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The Humble Tennis Ball: A Desk Worker's Best Friend

Jul 10, 2020

[The Poor Man/Woman Massage]

If you are a desk jockey (i.e., you sit working on the computer most of the day), chances are you struggle with all the musculoskeletal aches and pains that come from...

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Healthy Habits: The Checklist Strategy

Jun 22, 2020

Pilots use them before takeoff. Surgeons use them before surgery. And many of us use them before grocery shopping. They are a proven and effective method that can increase productivity, reduce...

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Boosting Immunity: Sifting Fact From Fiction

Jun 19, 2020

Should I take supplements? Should I be eating oysters? Greek yogurt? Berries? How about herbs—should I eat them? grow them? Should I be running? Walking? Sleeping? What about Kombucha?

As...

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Corporate Wellness for a Rising Remote Workforce

Jun 11, 2020
 

In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, organizations have had to quickly turn to remote work as a necessary step to continue their operations. Prior to this, only 3.6% of the workforce worked...

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[Blog FAST Read] The FACTS About Boosting Immunity

May 12, 2020

The contagion of COVID-19 has caused many to re-evaluate their first line of defense against the illness--their immune system. However, a simple internet search on “how to boost your...

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[Blog FAST Read] Working Out at Home

May 11, 2020

We miss our gyms. Our hikes. Our workout tribe. But keeping yourself healthy with regular excise has never been more important for our health, our immunity and our sanity. Yet finding the...

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April's Micro-Wellness Challenge

Apr 30, 2020

Ready to add more Micro-wellness steps to your growing healthy lifestyle?

The guidelines are simple:

  • Something you care about.
  • Something you can do in under 2 minutes.
  • Something too small to fail....
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MICRO-Wellness March: Selfless AND Effective Wellness with Hand washing

Mar 21, 2020
 

Did YOU know?

The average hand-washing time is 6 seconds, less than half of what is recommended? And only 5% of us regularly wash long and thoroughly enough. 

Time to stop hand spritzing and...

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Make March Your MICRO-Wellness Month

Mar 08, 2020

It’s March.

How are those 2020 wellness resolutions coming along?

Are you making it to the gym 5 days a week?

Are February’s vegetables decomposing into a green slime in your...

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Short and Effective Work Breaks to Increase Productivity

Feb 05, 2020

The Centers for Disease Control supports research advocating the use of work breaks to increase productivity. Researchers explain that strategically disengaging during the day, particularly when we...

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