RECAP: 2018 FOX Fall Enterprise Forum

The Essential Wellness Tool Kit – For You, Your Family and Your Organization

Speaker:
Julie Wald, Founder and Chief Wellness Advisor, Namaste New York

Session Description: 

Research shows that effective self-care practices can lead to success at work and at home. This session discussed the four pillars of well-being and how they inform the way we care for ourselves, our families, and our organizations. Development of a practical self-care tool kit, including mindfulness, nutrition, and movement can increase your productivity in the office, impact your effectiveness as a family member, and engender greater fulfillment and longevity.


"That’s life: starting over, one breath at a time."
- Sharon Salzburg
Key Takeaways: 
  1. Living life in the digital age and navigating the demands of work and family can trigger a damaging stress response, commonly known as ‘fight or flight.’ To combat this stress response, we need to take time to nurture our mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being through a process called self-care. The process works by activating the parasympathetic nervous system, triggering a relaxation response, which enhances the immune system and boosts energy and wellbeing.
  2. To get started, we need to evaluate our own needs, develop a plan, then devise a toolkit that includes approaches to stillness, nourishment, movement, and touch. From there, integrate the plan into our lives. Helpful tips include: finding accountability partners, being realistic about commitments, and staying inspired by understanding what you need versus enjoy. 
  3. Mindfulness is the foundation for self-care and is purposeful, nonjudgmental awareness. It involves paying attention in the present moment with curiosity, kindness, and flexibility.
  4. Organizational wellness starts at the top — model consistency and prioritization for your team, create group and individual experiences around the four pillars for your employees, and allocate necessary resources.
  5. Self-care creates happier, healthy, and more productive human beings. It’s a critical piece of an organization’s strategy, as those with well-being programs outperform the S&P 500 index over a six-year period and see 3x more profit than companies without such programs.
     

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