The Myth of Homo Economicus – And Why it Matters in Health Promotion
Workplace wellness programs can’t be designed for Homo Economicus – humans who consistently think rationally and logically. We’re less linear and more complex than that!
Mindful Eating for Workplace Wellness
The Hole in the Street: How Mindfulness Helps in the Workplace
The poem, Autobiography in Five Short Chapters, describes how mindfulness helps in the workplace by teaching us how to avoid a hole in the street – and eventually change streets!
Motivation By Donuts: Using food to motivate employees
Using food to motivate employees and donuts to lure people get to meetings on time is counterproductive and doesn’t encourage workplace wellness.
Mindful Eating in Corporate Wellness: Can It Really Work?
The conventional weight-focused, rules-based approach has been standard practice for decades. Many professionals recognize the need for a new approach and are working on implementing, or have already implemented, non-diet and mindfulness-based initiatives.
Clearing the Confusion about Mindful Eating
Mindful eating is increasingly recognized as a powerful approach to optimal eating and health. Contrary to popular belief, mindful eating is not “just” eating with awareness.
Mindful Eating in Corporate Wellness
The concepts of mindfulness and mindful eating are growing rapidly in popularity. However, mindful eating is still widely misunderstood and underutilized.
Holiday Office Parties on a Diet
When you attend holiday office parties on a diet, it seems like there are only two options: stick rigidly to your diet or decide to take a day off and indulge. Neither option is particularly appealing.
If Not a Weight Management Program, Then What?
What Am I Hungry? Program participants get to do is dig down below the surface to identify and take charge of the thoughts, beliefs, feelings and habits that ultimately lead to their choices. They gradually make changes on the inside first, so the changes they make later on the outside will last.
Tricking or Treating?
it can be hard to ignore the call of those brightly colored bags of candy. This is especially true if you trick yourself, saying it’s for the kids when it’s really for you. If you’ve deprived yourself of all things sweet, cravings for candy only grow stronger.
What Does it Mean to be Weight Neutral?
The weight-neutral approach acknowledges that body weight is determined by a complex set of genetic, metabolic, physiological, cultural, social, and behavioral determinants, many of which individuals cannot change. Instead of focusing on a weight-oriented outcome, participants in weight-neutral programs are taught to take charge of the factors they can, such as thoughts and behaviors, which ultimately lead to improved well-being, regardless of weight.