The famous all-about-chocolate holiday is coming up.

So, you may be wondering: Is chocolate healthy?

The short answer: It can be.

With Valentine’s Day around the corner, it’s hard to pass up the heart-shaped boxes of chocolate candy. But is it really necessary to nix chocolate from your diet?

Skip the super sugary junk and opt for dark chocolate and you’re in the clear.

Here we share the health benefits of chocolate, including its ability to reduce stroke, boost fitness training, and more.

February is American Heart Month.

Given the stats behind heart disease, it’s important for employers to participate in education this month. Heart disease claims more American lives than any other health condition.

In fact, every 37 seconds, someone in the U.S. dies from cardiovascular disease.

Since matters of the heart are important, now is the time to discuss risk factors for heart disease with your employees. Cardiovascular disease is ranked as one of the most expensive medical conditions for employers thanks to the costs of medicine, health care services, and lost productivity. This post will cover risk factors for heart disease and foods to eat to lower heart disease risk.

Want to share with your employees how to improve heart health?

Here’s how to reduce risk factors for heart disease:

We’ve all gotten bad nutritional advice from time to time.

With the wealth of information out there, it can sometimes feel overwhelming to sort through and choose what to apply to our lives. That’s especially true when it comes to nutrition and diets in particular.

Keto diet. Paleo diet. Vegan diet. Plant-based diet.

Eat this. Don’t eat that. Sugar is bad. Bread is ok.

It’s enough to make even the most internet-savvy researcher’s head spin.

This post will examine several nutrition myths and discuss the truth behind the most common nutrition fallacies like, "To lose weight, you have to give up all of your favorite foods."

Here we break down some of the most common nutrition myths out there.

Happiness at work is not a myth. 

Your employees really can be happy, healthy, and fulfilled in their professional lives.

While you may not need to hire a Chief Happiness Officer – yes, that’s an actual job — you can make tweaks to boost workplace happiness. Not only is a happy workplace a nicer atmosphere for everyone who enters, but it also makes productivity levels shoot through the roof.

A study from The University of Warwick found joyful professionals are up to 12% more productive than unhappy workers. More importantly, being happy at work is also tied to overall better well-being and health. 

Interested in keeping your workers happy? 

Here’s a look at five ways to create more joy and real smiles in your workplace this year.

Is getting in shape on your New Year’s resolutions list?

Even if you have no equipment and no gym membership, you can do it.

Thanks to our below list of exercises without equipment, now you have no excuses. These 10 exercises can literally be done anywhere. These are also the perfect at-home workouts for beginners because it can be done at your own pace.

If you're ready to tone up and feel stronger, this post is for you. We offer step-by-step instructions on how to do each exercise, plus a beginner’s tip for each move.

Keep your New Year’s resolution to get in shape once and for all with these exercises you can do anywhere.

Are you tired of making New Year’s resolutions that don’t stick? You’re not the only one.

One study by the Journal of Clinical Psychology discovered most goal-setters make the same resolution 10 times without success! Unfortunately, that’s a recipe for feeling a whole lot of shame and disappointment.

If you’re ready to make this your habit-sticking, big-goal achieving year, then this post is for you.

Creating good habits isn’t an all-or-nothing process. You have to be a bit forgiving along the way of achieving your goals. Plus, there’s a bit of science behind how habits are formed.

Below, we’ve got some strategies and tips you can explore that will help them stick.

Read on to learn about the timeline it takes to make or break a habit (hint: it’s not 21 days) and tips to nail your big goals for 2020.

A health fair is a great way to kick off wellness campaigns.

Health fairs are interactive educational events that offer outreach for wellness and health initiatives. It’s also an opportunity to provide free health screenings and connect individuals to valuable health resources in your community.

Employee health fairs can also introduce your employees to your wellness committee and local resources they may not have heard about before.

Ready to start planning your first health fair?

Check out our health fair ideas and tips on how to make your event memorable and successful:

When you think of a plant-based diet, what comes to mind?

Tofu? Hippies? Grazing on the plants in your front yard?

While there may be a lot of misconceptions about what a plant-based diet looks like, one thing is crystal clear: Research shows it can supercharge your health. Eating a whole foods diet centered on plants brings about perks like weight loss, lowered blood pressure, and more.

Best of all, it’s not an all-or-nothing lifestyle. You can make the diet fit your personal needs. If you prefer plants to pills to heal your ailments, then a plant-based diet may be for you.

In this post, we detail plant-based diet benefits, plant-based foods to avoid, and how a plant-based diet isn’t as restrictive as you think.

Ready to learn how to heal your gut with food?

Just like that, nearly 365 days have passed.

If you’ve been reading our blog for most of this year, we hope you’re feeling a whole lot happier and healthier by putting our actionable content into practice.

During 2019, we’ve covered topics to inspire wellness and health in the workplace and life. Our blog content included coverage of tips to avoid holiday weight gain to the best breathing exercises to reduce stress and everything in-between. We love to give our readers variety.

 In 2020, we look forward to getting you even more excited about spreading wellness habits at work.

 Until then, here’s a look at what content you all couldn’t get enough of this year.

 Here are our 10 most popular blogs of 2019:

The new year is almost upon us.

And a decade is coming to a close.

Crazy, right?

If you love setting New Year’s resolutions, now is the time to start planning how to kick-off a fresh decade. Whether you want to eat healthier, plan smarter, or get stronger, your New Year’s resolutions are yours to decide upon.

Not sure where to start?

Here’s a list of healthy New Year's resolutions anyone can stick to: