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Wellness Education - The Positive Advantage Programs

According to a study published by the American Journal of Health Promotions, for every $1 spent on wellness programs, employers can expect a return of $2.30 to $10.10 through lower medical claims, reduced absenteeism, improved productivity and moral and other factors.

Create a Company Culture of Wellness & Well-Being

Reap the benefits – reap the rewards, personally, professionally and financially. Become proactive and not reactive when it comes to your employee’s well-being and reducing your company’s health costs. Employers everywhere are dealing with rising costs and they are searching for risk management, prevention and cost-reduction strategies, and taking a proactive approach to employee health.

Be in the lead and be at the forefront of the World Health & Wellness Revolution of awareness and the benefits afforded by doing so. Lead all others by positively changing your company culture to one that focuses on promoting a healthy lifestyle. Everyone benefits. I offer professional, customized wellness education solutions providing your associates and employees with real, yet simple and effective, methods, tools, and skills that are designed to promote proactive self care, incorporating healthy behaviors, increase wellness and foster a healthy mindset. It is amazing to see the results that your employees can create for themselves once they are enlightened and empowered with information and easy to use self tools and methods to begin to make an immediate difference in their stress level and wellness choices!

What Is Wellness?
Wellness is an active process, a collection of choices and becoming aware of how those choices create your lifestyle affecting your potential for well-being. Wellness is the communication and interaction network of the mind and body. Because your state of mind impacts strongly on your physical and mental well-being, Renee Snider teaches her Internal Focus Wellness Methodology and offers the “Positive Advantage” Corporate Programs to address this need.

The World Health Organization states "Health is more than the absence of disease. Health is a state of optimal well-being." Optimal well-being is a concept of health that goes beyond the curing of illness to one of achieving wellness.

What are the benefits of a Wellness Program?
Companies worldwide are realizing that by providing lifestyle and wellness education to employees affords many benefits. It empowers and enables employees to make intelligent decisions and choices that may prevent and reverse dis-ease by learning how to be pro-active with their own habits, health and lifestyle choices. Program participants learn their role in shaping their lifestyle and are educated on some of the approaches and methods available to assist them in making positive changes, easily and effectively.

When you offer your employees wellness program options, both company and employees benefit:

Reduced absenteeism
Increased morale & company loyalty
Improved performance and productivity
Enhanced employee focus, clarity and creativity
Reduced health care costs
Increased job satisfaction
Improved sleep and memory
Reduction in stress
Less injuries and illnesses
Retaining of employees, less turnover
Elimination of many unhealthy habits
Increase awareness and desire to eat healthy and exercise
Increased injury/illness recovery time

Empower your people! Empower your company! Empower your presence!

Research indicates that successful companies which invest in their employees' health and well being as a critical component of their overall physical, mental and social health benefit as well. Corporate wellness programs help employees prevent illness, manage stress and improve overall well-being and lifestyle.

Statistics reinforce wellness education, stress reduction and proactive self care skill development such as:

The Partnership for Prevention ranks smoking cessation the number one high-value preventive service for adults, higher than mammograms and flu shots because of absenteeism.

300 billion dollars(!) is lost each year by American businesses due to stress related issues that effect absenteeism, turnover, morale, productivity, insurance and workers' compensation claims. (AMA)

According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of overweight adults has increased by more than 60% in the past 20 years.

80% of all health care expenditures in the U.S. are stress related. (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

CDC estimates that up to 90% of doctor visits in the U.S. may be triggered by a stress-related illness.

Stress is said to be responsible for more than half of the 550,000,000 workdays lost annually (AMA)

A large part of the root cause of chronic conditions involves attitudes and behavioral choices”. National Center for Health Statistics – 2003

Stress-related symptoms and illnesses are costing industry a conservatively estimated $150 billion per year in absenteeism, company medical expenses, and lost productivity". The American Institute of Stress

$3,391 annually is the amount each employee who smokes costs your company in sick days, lost time and health claims. – CDC – Center for disease Control and Prevention

Wellness Education and Presentations
Get your employees educated on what they can do for themselves to be proactive and prevent disease, illness stress and burnout!

Topics and programs are created and customized as you need to fit the greatest areas of wellness needs, budget and your company culture. Let's discuss how a Wellness Program can be arranged easily as a lunchtime workshop, ½ day, full day or weekly reoccurring educational process. The more your employees learn about the practices, tools and habits of healthy living, the quicker you will see results. Ask about my unique task force follow up for success strategy! Wellness is a process and is on-going. With Education, training, discussion and implementation, your employees can improve their well-being, feel better about themselves, their lives and their jobs.

Wellness Awareness Topics Recently Presented f

Stress Awareness, Stress Reducers & Self Care

Smoking Cessation Program (includes all tobacco usage)

Weight Management Program

Relaxation Techniques anyone can use immediately!

Be Optimistic and reap life long wellness benefits

Your Mind Body Talk – Why it is important to be in control of this conversation

Become Super Self Confident and focused for Success

Wellness – the journey everyone should be on for successful living.

Achieving Peak Performance - Reach any Goal

Wellness Tools for Healthy Living

Creating a Healthy Mindset

Visualizations and Affirmations – What was yours today?

Creating healthy habits

Contact me to discuss how we can start a program for your company.