Dear Employees Everywhere,

Hi. We’re TotalWellness. And we want you to know that you are just fine.

A lot of the talk about health these days—especially in the workplace—has become scary and overwhelming.  You’re constantly bombarded with messages telling you that:

With the digital world slowly taking over our lives, it’s about time biometric screenings got on board. As with any event that deals with private health information, it’s important to make the necessary security measures, which puts us a little behind the times. But, watch out world—TotalWellness has tablets!

We’ve recently introduced the option of collecting data digitally at our onsite screening events. To ease any concern that might come with this new option, we’re here to lay out the details of tablet data collection at biometric screening events.

Employee wellness programs have been debated for years — and the conversation isn’t slowing down. While nearly every large employer offers some version of a wellness program, critics still argue that they’re expensive, ineffective, or outdated.

With all of this negativity circling the workplace wellness field, it may seem that wellness programs are doomed to fail. Well the truth is, there are successful programs out there. These programs focus on personal wellness goals of each team member, don’t use the “wellness or else” model and work everyday to build a healthy organizational culture.

So, let’s cut through the noise. Instead of focusing on why some programs flop, let’s learn from those mistakes and look at what makes programs successful today.

So you want to help your employees improve their health? Great. We do too!

Building a wellness program to improve the health of your workforce can be an excellent investment in your employees, and ultimately the productivity and bottom line of your company. In order to build a sustainable employee wellness program, you’re going to need to get a baseline level of where your company is at health-wise.

Healthy relationships at work can make a world of difference in the productivity, efficiency and well-being of your employees. It’s been shown that having a network of positive work relationships helps employees to:

When was the last time you took a good long look at how your wellness program is running? If you haven’t dusted off the cobwebs in a while, there is no better time than now to re-evaluate and get ready to do some major spring cleaning! There are a few ways you can tell if you have an ailing corporate wellness program on your hands.

Part of loving yourself is respecting yourself enough to maintain your health. Sticking with the theme of love for the month, maintaining your overall health also means focusing on heart health. Many heart illnesses can be monitored as they progress, and hopefully changed with positive lifestyle choices.

“Sitting Disease” is becoming more and more of an issue in our society. This new health issue has arisen as people spend more and more time sitting and developing a sedentary lifestyle. According to Mayo Clinic, 50-70% of people sit at least 6 hours per day, and 20-35% of people spend over 4 hours every day watching TV. This shows us that the sitting disease is spreading between home and work and can quickly and easily infect your workforce.

The Bad News

Many people are jumping on the wearable wellness technology bandwagon, but not everyone knows how to make the most out of these devices.

This lack of understanding is even more pronounced in the context of employee wellness programs, where the potential benefits of wearables may not be fully realized.

February is the month of love in our culture. Love is a matter of the heart. It only makes sense then, that February is American Heart Month. American Heart Month is sponsored by the American Heart Association, and is meant to be a time set aside to focus on heart health. Heart Month is an excellent time to take a look into the effects of cardiovascular disease, and what you can do to maintain a healthy heart.