Happy hour has become somewhat of a staple of business interactions in many companies. Many deals are closed at happy hour, and many new ideas are sparked.

As you could probably guess, though, happy hour isn’t always the healthiest place to be. It can be filled with salty snacks, alcoholic beverages and overall empty calories.

You wouldn’t want all of the hard work you put into your healthy day to be sabotaged at happy hour. So it’s important to carry your healthy habits over into that space. Here are a few ideas to help you have a healthier happy hour.

We’ve all been there. The afternoon rolls around. You’re trying to get things done, but your mind and body just won’t cooperate.

You’re tired. You’re restless. And you just can’t focus.

We like to call that the afternoon slump. It’s when you’ve been working steadily all day long, but you’re not quite sure if you can push through the last couple hours of your workday.

Starting a wellness program—or majorly changing your current program—can be overwhelming and scary. Your best reference might be the wellness programs of huge companies like Google or Camelbak. Those companies are doing great things! But they have the resources to back up those crazy wellness perks.

You know the story. One employee gets sick, and all the others are soon to follow. An office environment is just the perfect place for an outbreak of a cold or the flu.

But that story isn’t inevitable. There are things you can do to stay healthy during cold and flu season—and things you can do to be sure you have a healthy workforce at your company.

To help you fight cold and flu season, we’ve compiled a bunch of resources for you. We’ve got them all in one place in our new survival guide.

Your office space is the definition of close quarters. Everyone is in the same space, sharing equipment and generally spending their days together.

That means when one person gets sick, it won’t be long until everyone else has caught the bug too. In a matter of days, you could have an office epidemic on your hands.

If you start to notice an outbreak of the flu—or any illness, for that matter—there are some things you can do to make sure you’re still able to do business efficiently out of your office.

Happy fall, y’all!

Crisp, cool weather is back. And along with it, all of our favorite fall activities. Being a Nebraska-based company, we love our football. But we know we’re not the only ones! For so many people, fall means football season.

For a lot of those people, football season means tailgate season. There’s nothing like gathering with loved ones to eat great food and enjoy awesome weather before cheering on your favorite team.

You can keep your employee wellness program relevant by choosing wellness activities that tie into the things people enjoy each season. Tailgating is already on everyone’s minds. So jump on in and host a healthy tailgate.

If you’re anything like us, you know that positivity makes all the difference in living a healthy, happy life. Having a positive attitude is an important part of being your best self.

Sometimes, though, you can feel the negativity just creeping in. Whether it’s bad weather, frustrating co-workers or plans that have gone awry—you can’t always help an automatic negative outlook. And it can be super hard to know just what you need to snap out of it.

When it comes to staying healthy during flu season, people are generally super complacent. They don’t take action. And many people don’t think it’s very important.

Why is that? Why are people so willing to take their chances against the flu, rather than taking some steps to prevent it?

Well there isn’t just one answer. In fact, flu season has a lot of different factors that can lead to complacency and inaction. It’s basically a perfect storm.

You spend a majority of your waking hours at work—which means you spend a majority of your waking hours with your coworkers. It should come as no surprise, then, that all those hours together can impact your health.

The relationships you have at work can really improve your health. On the other hand, they can also really harm your health. Both are true in lots of different ways.

Flu season is quickly approaching. Now is as good a time as ever to talk about your corporate policy on taking sick days.

If you don’t have a policy for sick days, you need to make one! Whether your policy is new or old, it’s important you spend some time communicating it to your employees. Make sure they understand exactly what the rules are as we head into high-risk seasons like flu season.