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Workplace Wellness Solutions

HEALTH & WELLNESS EDUCATION TAKES A BACKSEAT

For lasting and sustainable solutions to address the burden of disease, this has to be rectified!

After developing the technical selection criteria for a government employee health and wellness screening tender, as well as being involved in the subsequent selection process of submitted tenders, it became clear to me that far too little emphasis is placed on ongoing and sustainable health and wellness education in the thriving workplace wellness industry... Read more

Metabolic Syndrome
Health Coaching: A cost effective wellness solution to manage metabolic syndrome (high blood pressure, high cholesterol and/or triglycerides, diabetes mellitus or insulin resistance and/or overweight/abdominal obesity).
At present more than 150 million people worldwide have metabolic syndrome, expected to rise to 300 million by 2020. Compared to 35 million people being HIV Å worldwide, with 22 million of those in Africa, it is a clear indication that metabolic syndrome is a major health crisis that has to be addressed…Read more

Health Coaching
Health coaching or mentoring has become a very effective tool in the workplace and for individuals, to help improve performance and productivity, manage stress and optimise wellbeing, achieve work related, as well as personal goals, while being on the ever human quest for meaning and purpose in life ......... Read more

WORKPLACE WELLNESS SOLUTIONS TO LOWER THE BURDEN OF DISEASE IN SA

Workplace wellness interventions have become an essential tool to successfully address the burden of disease in South Africa. It is time for a paradigm shift: for too long we've been focusing our attention on the problem (i.e. managing disease). Wellness interventions focus on finding solutions through health promotion, optimal health and wellness through awareness, education and new ways of thinking...more

Be prepared this winter

Preparing for winter and considering natural remedies might provide you with effective workplace wellness solutions to curb costs this season...more

Executive health

One of the most frequently requested workplace wellness interventions, is practical stress management for the executive or management committee members...more

Prevention, education, wellness solutions: The chronic diseases of lifestyle demand more than treatment

A report Issued by THE Heart and Stroke Foundation SA during September 2007, entitled ‘Heart Disease in South Africa', based on research carried out on heart disease in South Africa, revealed shocking statistics requiring urgent intervention...more

Workplace wellness

There are many dimensions of wellness that can improve your life. Incorporating these lifestyle changes into the workplace can improve stress levels, change your attitude towards your job and help manage a work-life balance. Follow these ten easy habits to optimise health and wellness and see the results...more

Workplace wellness solutions through peer educator training

As a workplace wellness consultant for the past 12 years, and having recently completed the first round of peer educator training as a workplace wellness intervention in a mining setting, I’ve come to realise again that peer educator training is probably the most effective way to spread the workplace wellness message...more

Why workplace wellness repeatedly fails

When trying to create positive attitudes and lifestyle changes at work, things barely leave the “awareness” stage. There are ways to make lasting changes in the workplace that will be contagious throughout employees. Through peer education, employees will get involved in workplace wellness...more

The soul in the workplace

Maintaining a balance on all levels of your life will lead to workplace wellness. By becoming aware of your fears, worries and irritations at work you can come closer to your spiritual essence. There are guidelines to having a soulful life at work and home...more

Wellness: a sound return on investment

Lifestyle diseases can make a company’s profit margin crumble and take its toll on a person’s physical, emotional and spiritual health. When creating a wellness intervention, you should consider the stages of readiness...more