Achieving Wellness at Work

By Sienna Nalin


You know you are working for an employer that cares about you when they offer wellness packages with their benefits. This is starting to trend among a lot of employers and their employees are loving it and taking complete advantage of it. Some work places even have a set time for employees to take part in yoga. Sound pretty good right?

Now I know that many of you are questioning, what is a wellness program? Wellness programs tackle helping you achieve a healthy diet, achieving a stable state of mind, working out and much more. These programs are great because it is a huge investment for everyone that shows a return.

Many companies make a profit off of these packages because of how well they do. Johnson & Johnson supports these packages and offers their employees a reward to those who are overweight and lose ten percent of their body mass index with a bonus of $150. Not bad right!?

Interestingly, many organizations are turning to an old Buddhist tradition called mindfulness as a path toward stress reduction. Our modern world is filled with distractions - gadgets, electronics, texting, emails, calls - which almost seek instantaneous responses and multiple demands for our attention. Workers feel compelled to multitask. Mindfulness is a state of open, active and nonjudgmental attentiveness to the present. It's an awareness of moment to moment experiences. Companies such as Google, Target and General Mills are offering courses in meditation and mindfulness to their employees.

In order to be an effect employee or leader, one must be aware of all things and be able to make clear concise decisions. By having wellness you are able to do that rather than making decisions that you may regret later because you were under pressure and stressed out.

Wellness plans essentially make an employee feel motivated because they see that their employer cares enough to offer up such a package. In order to be mindful one must take time out of their day and just breathe and watch how they breathe and see how each breathes is precious. We need to know how to focus our thoughts rather than having them jumping all over. Some people train their thoughts just by listening to music which has shown to be very effective.

...Additional information at Trend: Wellness Programs Enhance Employee Engagement

If your job offers a wellness plan, I recommend taking advantage of it because you will see how much better your life will become after implementing whatever is taught in your program in your life. These programs are not built just to influence your work ethic, but your everyday life.




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