After California wildfires, vets help bears and other wildlife heal

/ Animal Health

Vets Use Alternative Medical Treatments After the California wildfires many wildlife suffered burns and other injuries. Some animals were fortunate enough to escape and be transported to a group of veterinarians. The vets use alternative medical treatments to help with healing. Life in the wild can be cruel. But there are always people working to […]

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7 Ways To Become Just A Little Happier In The Moment

/ Wellness and Wellbeing

Becoming Happier Honestly, happiness seems to be a relatively new phenomenon in the US workplace. Finding an article like this in Forbes gives hope that businesses see the value for employees becoming happier. Where anything other than a medical procedure or pharmaceutical was often derided, there is now growing interest in non-clinical health determinants. Forbes

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Mental Benefits of Music?

/ Mental Health

Mental Benefits of Music The field of Music Therapy continues to demonstrate benefits to help with neurological diseases, trauma, and more. There are, however, mental benefits of music as well. Many of us might recognize such benefits intuitively but researchers are trying to understand this as well. Studies have shown that musical interventions have a

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Most Employers’ Well-being Programs Leave Employees Unsatisfied

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Well-being Programs Leave Employees Unsatisfied In an economy with nearly full employment employers are realizing the workplace must become more holistic. Most current employer well-being programs leave employees unsatisfied, according to a recent Wills Towers Watson survey. Wellness programs that provide a watered-down annual physical are no longer enough for today’s workforce. Employees look for

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January blues? How workplace wellbeing initiatives can beat the blues

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Workplace Wellbeing For so long too many people have associated the workplace with drudgery. A place to work. However, work is part of our lives! It should be vibrant and energizing. More organizations see this and want to enhance workplace wellbeing… for business motives if nothing else. Cold mornings and dark nights can take their

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Science Says Sauna Bathing Reduces Blood Pressure

/ Heart Health, Wellness and Wellbeing

Sauna Bathing Reduces Blood Pressure More research has arrived highlighting the benefits of saunas. In this article sauna bathing reduces blood pressure as well as elevates the heart rate. This relaxing therapy has a history of benefits, according to the article, that include reducing stress and relieving joint discomfort. The ancient Finnish tradition has stuck

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Wellbeing Center to be part of new downtown Minneapolis YMCA – StarTribune.com

/ Wellness and Wellbeing

Minneapolis YMCA Wellbeing Center The YMCA has a history of holistic thinking around health. Their offerings range from social services to physical education to spiritual. It is no surprise to find the Minneapolis YMCA Wellbeing Center open to a partnership to promote wellbeing. When Penny George was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1996, she said

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