Lindsay Williams is captain for the team called Bella Vita, which consists of employees and management from administration, spiritual care, marketing, foundation, education, and the human resource departments of St. Leonard in Centerville, Ohio. The team selected the name Bella Vita, which means beautiful life in Italian because they felt that this is what it must feel like when one achieves optimal wellness. The Vital Nation definition supports this analogy as when “people enjoy a vital life they have remarkable energy, a liveliness, or force of personality, who enjoy a state of being healthy in mind, body and spirit” (VN).
Recently, Lindsay has held meetings with her team to discuss wellness ideas for their office areas to help her team members keep a constant state of mindfulness concerning St. Leonard’s initiatives to become the “Healthiest Community in America.” Lindsay desires to spotlight the skills and competencies of her team and to provide lots of interactions so that people are not only known for their job title, but for who they are and how their hopes and desires can be shared or realized within a supportive nurturing network of friends and co-workers. Lindsay has already organized a fun and successful Chinese New Years office party, and she is now thoughtfully putting together a “value-jar” for each member of her team so that others can contribute heartfelt notes of how each person on her team is valued in the workplace or as a friend. Lindsay is off to a great start in the fun and function model of Vital Life and her team is supporting her efforts and excitement!
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