How are your people doing at work? Are they happy and healthy? Are they getting enough sleep, managing stress, eating nutritious foods for energy and getting some physical activity in each day? This is how we need to live for health and happiness in both our personal and professional lives.
Work plays a big role in our lives. Or at least, takes up a lot of our waking time and energy. Our relationship to our work, our colleagues and bosses, and our workplace largely influence our overall well-being. Our overall performance at work is also influenced by our well-being.
Large employers may have resources for wellness programs including EAP's (Employee Assistance Programs), an on site gym, and health coaching through their health insurance carrier, but what about the other 99.9% of us who work for small to medium size companies? That's right, in fact about 90% of us work for companies with 20 or fewer employees without health and wellness program support.
In comes health and wellness coaching for the small employer! Wellness coaching is coaching for performance! Wellness coaching helps you identify and install meaningful and lasting healthy lifestyle habits supporting work-life balance, joy at work and productive and creative flow.
Holistic wellness includes one’s relationship to work and career and the impact of one’s physical and mental health on work performance. Holistic Health Coaches are professionals who take an integrative approach, accounting for more than just nutrition, fitness or simple habit changes, but all aspects of a person’s health and life in true holistic fashion.
A holistic health and wellness coach can help anybody wanting to remove blockages in achieving their goals, increasing their energy and sense of well-being, avoiding and recovering from chronic illnesses, depression and burnout.
As per a WebMD's study: "with proven risk reduction and cost savings, wellness coaching has emerged as one of the leading wellness solutions available today. Wellness coaching offers a true population management solution that engages a broad number of employees, motivates them to make long-term behavioral changes, and contributes to a stronger employer-employee partnership."
Access to wellness coaching should be facilitated by employers to help ensure productive, happy, and healthy employees. Can you imagine how your employees would feel if you gave them this gift? It shows investment in them as a person which will lead to greater loyalty.
Curious about how health and wellness coaching can apply to your organization? Schedule a discovery call with me today. I look forward to speaking with you.
Mary Ellen Zung is a Certified Holistic Health and Wellness Coach with over 20 years of experience helping individuals and groups with lifestyle change to support overall health and wellness.