June 2013 Employee Wellness Moments!

Physical	Environmental
Increasing your muscular strength can reduce fractures! Include weights or bands in your workout.	Post your utility bills so that everyone in the family can see your progress to reduced energy consumption.
Posting on Facebook for 20 minutes burns approximately 30 calories, walking for 20 minutes burns 90 calories!	Retain safety information and disposal information for later use for those products that may harm the environment and require special disposal procedures when they are no longer needed..
Range of motion exercises increases body awareness, which helps with balance.	Make environmental wellness part of your social matrix and life course.
If you are not sure of what exercise to do consult your physician first.	Add at least one article a month to your environmental wellness library.
Tai Chi burns approximately 300 calories an hour and improves strength, flexibility, and balance.	Buy the right amount of chemicals for each job-reducing excess and waste.
Social	Spiritual
It is easy to make friends when you learn to like yourself and be comfortable with yourself!	Remember to pray or meditate as a community and as an individual.
Maintaining friendships may require being patient and forgiving.	Leave your heart and hands open to recieve the gifts of your spiritual practice.
Focus on the good in life more than the difficult part of life.	Consider your spirituality as a journey, and decide your course purposefully.
Focus on what you can change and collaborate for the rest of your concerns.	Meditation can improve our ability to be kind.
Don't gossip as it destroys trust.	There is strength in numbers as help and direction becomes more available.
Nutritional	Occupational
Summer alcoholic drinks may make it more difficult to stay hydrated on warm days.	Identify what enjoyment means concerning your life work.
Iced coffees and speciality drinks may contain more sugar than you think!	For one day write down everytime you smile at work.
It is not always easy for active people to find the right balance of salt intake. Talking with a dietary specialist or sports doctor can be helpful.	Does your happiness come from your surroundings at work or what you do, or both?
Find out what foods are best for you for pre- and post workout.	Make a list of things that motivate you at work.
Staying hydrated is very important before, during, and after exercise.	Your attitude impacts others at work as well as your job performance.
Intellectual	Emotional
Memory can be improved by linking the memory to laughter or other sensory sources.	Better coping strategies can improve emotinal health.
Maintaining good poster improves blood-flow to the brain!	Keep your expectations of others realistic.
Listening to music can boost the alertness of your brain!	Set goals for yourself and keep them realistic and achievable.
The size and structure of neurons can change in positive ways when you challenge your brain.	Be your own best friend.
Getting enough sleep can help the brain function and retain important facts longer.	Consider realxing and taking yourself lightly.