Study: Excessive Mindfulness May Backfire
- 03.01.2021
- Wellness
As the stigma around mental conditions continues to decrease and holistic health approaches grow in popularity, employees demand benefits focused on decreasing stress and supporting their mental and emotional well-being. This has led many companies ...
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Studies: Fitbit Use Associated With Physical Activity Improvements
- 02.24.2021
- Wellness
Wearable devices, like the Fitbit and Apple Watch, continue to rise in popularity. However, at the same time, unhealthy behaviors like physical inactivity and poor diets also remain prevalent. While this consumer fitness tech promises to be a ...
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Microsoft Launches New Digital Platform To Improve Employee Experience
- 02.22.2021
- Mobile Wellness
In the past year, the turn to remote work has rapidly accelerated the production of new technology to improve productivity and facilitate communication between off-site employees. Additionally, new fitness tools, apps, and wearable devices continue ...
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Employee Mental Health Continues To Plummet
- 02.17.2021
- Wellness
Nearly a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, employee mental health is at an all-time low. In addition to concerns directly related to the disease, mental and emotional well-being have become top concerns as restrictions and closures upended typical ...
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Pulse Check: Caregiving Benefits After COVID-19
- 02.15.2021
- Corporate Wellness
Every month, Wellable asks a single question to the large, growing, and dedicated community of human resources and wellness professionals subscribed to the Wellable Newsletter. The question for February was about whether or not employers plan to end ...
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Beyond Diversity: Using Cultural Humility To Build Engaging Wellness ...
- 02.10.2021
- Corporate Wellness
Many companies already understand and appreciate the value of having a diverse, dynamic workforce. A diverse company equates to more unique perspectives, experiences, and insights as well as a larger talent pool; in turn, this boosts creativity, ...
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Upskilling: An Overlooked Wellness Strategy To Boost Productivity
- 02.08.2021
- Engagement
There are many reasons why an employee might feel mentally exhausted or that they are not performing as well as they can. Holistic, comprehensive wellness programs do a great job at targeting many of the potential causes—inactivity, stress and ...
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Apple Launches Star-Studded Content In Fitness+
- 02.03.2021
- Wellness
With companies like Peloton and ICON (behind the NordicTrack and Freemotion brands) posting record profits quarter after quarter, consumers’ interest in wellness technology doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. Now, more than ever, people are ...
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In Pandemic’s Shadow, A Substance Abuse Crisis Grows
Over the past year, employee wellness needs have largely revolved around specific COVID-19 health issues and the impacts created by pandemic-related restrictions and lifestyle changes. However, another health crisis was escalating in America ...
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Loneliness On The Rise For Those Under Lockdown
- 01.27.2021
- Wellness
Loneliness has been a growing health issue for years, but pandemic-related policies have fueled its growth. Other than the physical health effects of COVID-19 itself, mental health struggles like loneliness have been one of the biggest wellness ...
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