This overview presentation is about finding balance at work and home with proactive wellness initatives.

1. 10/12/2009
[intro] [about me]
Being Your Best Heather Rahn, MA, LPC
Finding Balance Within & at Work
Founder & CEO,
Program
Program
“Make the most of yourself, for Director
that is all there is of you.” Ralph EARN‐EAP
Waldo Emerson
[your life too?] [expectations vs. reality]
[positive v. negative] [expectations]
Shopping 8% Chocolate
Illusion of Romance 3%
10%
Balance Good Hair
11%
Family/
Family/
Children
60%
Career
5%
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[reality] [you]
Sig Other 5% Media/
Internet 10%
Self 2%
Quick scan
Children 35%
•Mind
Career 48%
•Physical
•Spirit
[challenges always present] [self imposed hurdles]
[changing others] [what you can do]
• Only person • Actions
• Feelings
have control of • Thoughts
is YOU!
is YOU!
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3. 10/12/2009
[mind power] [proud of self]
• Mind
• Physical
• Spirit
www.belayperformance.com
[making a change] [lifestyle & behaviors]
• Mind • Choices
• Physical • Hurdles
• Spirit • Actions
Actions • Forgiveness
Thoughts • Evaluate
Feelings
[lifestyle & behaviors] [lifestyle & behaviors]
• Choices NO • Hurdles
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[lifestyle & behaviors] [lifestyle & behaviors]
• Actions • Evaluation
• Forgiveness
[measure only what is important] [daily challenge]
• creates a measurement of comparison • JOURNAL SOMETHING OF IMPORTANCE
• food choices
• negative thoughts
• physical activity
physical activity
• time spent
• spending
• gratitude
[co-workers] [implications in workplace]
• career women stand up • Stress costs corporate America
$300 billion annually
(Valasquez‐Manoff, 2005)
•$8,000 estimated cost of divorce per
•$8 000 estimated cost of di orce per
employee to a company in lost productivity
(Turvey, M., & Olson, D., 2006)
• $1680‐$2280 per prescription
per person
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5. 10/12/2009
[implications in workplace] [inspiring others]
• Tennessee Senator Bill Frist, July 2009, on • Encouraging proactive wellness at work
what determines the cost of health care:
Health
Services 10% Genetics
35%
Lifestyle &
Behaviors
40% Social
Circumstances
15%
Environment
5%
[ROI] [inspiring others]
• According to the U.S. Workplace Wellness • Lead by example
Alliance’s review of 73 published workplace health
promotion program studies, for every $1 an
employer puts into a wellness program, they will
see a return of $3.50 in reduced health care costs
see a ret rn of $3 50 in red ced health care costs
and absenteeism.”
The Business Journal,
July 31, 2009.
[inspiring others] [inspiring others]
• Change your corporate culture • % time spent at work vs. home
• accountability partners in + change
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6. 10/12/2009
[recap] [thank you]
• Changing your “Feeling Words” • Heather Rahn
• Journaling the important stuff for today www.besimplybe.com
• Inspiring others www.earn‐eap.com
www.belayperformance.com
www belayperformance com
rahn@besimplybe.com
www.linkedin.com/in/heatherahn
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