Workplace Wellness: University of the Free State  -  Dept. Occupational Medicine

Click here to download presentation "Integrating workplace wellness with occupational health"

Women’s Retreat at Cranes Nest in Mpumulanga

Try something different and enriching for Women’s Day this September of 2010! I am facilitating another 2 day Women’s Retreat at Cranes Nest in Mpumulanga. The theme: ‘Who were you meant to be?’. Join me for this empowering, fun filled and life changing retreat, where you will explore ever deepening layers of your true nature and innermost soul self. Find your joy through music and movement, even learn to fly fish (a meditative experience all in itself!), explore and celebrate your emotions (including the shadow ones!) and senses, participate in creative activities and work with the ‘Life Plan’ I developed. Cranes Nest is right inside the cradle of an ancient civilisation, allowing you to also connect deeply with nature. Do something for yourself or your employees this year, to really make a difference from the inside out! ......read more

Recent Presentations

Click hereto download Workplace Wellness Conference in Durban by Ripple Effect; June 2010 Click hereto download the presentation Wisdom Thoughts Click hereto download the presentation Work Life Balance

The Workplace Wellness Series of  Health Info Booklets.

Sustainable Solutions through Education, to address the burden of disease in the workplace, while addressing the Social Responsibility & Skills Development requirements of the Triple Bottom Line of the New Companies Act of 2010. Read more....

Workplace Wellness: Practical support for employees to learn to cope with stress. Feedback from a recent Stress Course presented to the Dept. of Labour

My name is Jo-Anne and I just want to share my story. I was a very emotional person, stressed and angry, crying over every little thing. If someone just spoke to me in an angry voice, I would start crying, or tell me that I’m doing something wrong, or if I did not do something right. So just imagine how much I cried! But then something happened to me, My supervisor came to me and told me that I should go to the stress management course. I thought she was joking - me having stress, never! But I went. You know what, it was a blessing in my life! I will never know how to be grateful enough for this coming into my life. My first week was hard but I did it. It worked with my children, supervisor and husband. I arrived at work one morning and something just told me it was going to be a hard day. My supervisor called me in and I knew everything was going to go wrong. Then I said to myself: just stay calm, relax and breathe.  My supervisor was yelling at my manager and me all at the same time. We sounded like children. I then changed my emotion to being relaxed, and concentrated on my breathing. I could see how my manager and supervisor calmed down too in the process. We started giving each other a chance to speak, and say our say, and the problem was solved in about 2 minutes, where it normally took us an hour. My life has changed drastically since I came here. I enjoy my life. So thank you for helping me to become me, and I don’t cry for everything anymore!  ---Jo-Anne Diedericks    ..... Read more

Five Streams near Nottingham Road, KZN Midlands: Co-creating the Garden of Eden, Heaven on Earth:

Our dream of a self sustainable ecologically sound, development, with a biodynamically designed, organic wellness food garden and fruit forest, is happening, as is my dream for a healing, retreat & training centre  ……Read more