June 2011 Employee Wellness Moments

Physical Environment Join the social walking program Cleaning up your office garden space for just 10 minutes burns 50 calories Ten minutes of walking upstairs throughout the day can burn 150 c calories Study one new conflict resolution technique Try one new low rep abdominal exercise Study the stressors in your environment and look for ways to reduce their impact Research a new stretch sequence Get estimates for more user friendly workspace, décor, and furniture Research or ask a personal trainer about weightlifting Log your workspace temperatures to find variances that might be affecting your productivity Social Spiritual Shopping with a friend can burn 12 calories in ten minutes. June 26th is National Forgiveness Day Plan to get together on June 8th for Best Friends Day Reflect on what makes you an individual Celebrate or honor Father's Day June 19th Do an anonymous kind deed Celebrate or honor Flag Day June 14th Volunteer in an area that brings you joy Talking to a friend for 10 minutes while standing can burn 8 calories Eliminate one disrespectful word from your vocabulary Nutritional Occupational June is National Dairy month, try a new dairy product together List ways to align your work with your dreams and goals June is National Fresh Fruit month, plan a social with just fruit List ways that your work can be fun Have an ice tea recipe party Share perspectives concerning health care funding Cooking a healthy meal can burn 90 calories and hour As a team find the best way to advocate for health care Add healthy recipes to your office snack notebook Find and share one more way to reduce general expenses Intellectual Emotional Reflect and think about when your team is the most productive and happy Have a departmental alignment meeting to clarify goals Helping your team remain hydrated during warm days will help to promote healthy brain function Utilize organizational award systems to verbalize appreciation for a department that you have not recognized for a while Design your team's SMART goals around the dimensions of wellness As a team discover what is the most important thing that you are not paying attention to Start a new team hobby As a team design exercises for connectivity Discover new facts about your team's skills Design walk-away moments into your day The employee wellness ideas listed above are low cost/no cost activities that you and your employees can mix or match with previously submitted monthly wellness ideas. The ideas can be used to create wellness moments that focus on the eight dimensions of wellness to enhance your Vital Life Community! http://www.stleonard.net/