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This article, written in association with the Employee Assistance Professionals Association, gathers input toward developing a new certificate course on thriving-informed practices. Please take the survey now and win a chance to be entered into a raffle. Of the many fields available to students and professionals in mental and behavioral...

Mallori DeSalle LMHC, Certified Humor Professional, Oreo Sommelier Introduction from Joel Bennett: It is a real, and long overdue, pleasure to introduce you to Mallori. I have known Mallori for close to seven years and have experienced her facilitation skills, knowledge, and clever integration of “healthy humor” with prevention and...

Ain’t No Cure for the Transition of the Transition alchemy with friends, across this precious weave of time BEGINNING My understanding of time as a spiritual resource is described across the entire collection of the Quest for Presence books. But the story of bringing this into reality for others, the...

What's in Your Resilience Toolkit? by Dan Jolivet, M.A., Ph.D. (see Dan's LinkedIn) Resilience is a set of tools that anyone can learn We usually talk about resilience as if it’s an inherent characteristic of a person, an innate capacity to cope with stress. I don’t think that’s correct. Although some...

Joel Bennett, learn@organizationalwellness.com Many models of health and wellness envelop domains through which people achieve well-being. This includes physical, emotional, social, intellectual, occupational (work), financial, and spiritual, among others. With many models out there, I have yet to find one that includes the domain of ethical health. For now, by ethical...

Audacious Gratitude: An intrepidly bold and daring willingness to appreciate even the smallest things of life in the face of difficult circumstances. 

By Kelli Oberndorf Management and Organizational Coach • Group Facilitator • Life Coach MY STORY As I started my first job in the healthcare field, I had high hopes for applying my ‘progressive’ style of leadership. I was young, ready, and eager to make a positive impact on the world....

Resilience coaching is a growing field. If you are already a life or wellness coach, you can enrich your current practice and open new possibilities. Resilience skills can be applied to individuals or groups as well as to work settings.  Disclaimer and Request (see below)* [Click here to find out...

  Awakening through COVID: How Simplification Grew a Grateful Heart Regina Novak, Financial Coach and Health Educator   My journey from stress, through silver lining, to moving forward well.   To say that every day in quarantine was easy would be a lie. To say I didn’t consider trading in my...

 Prioritizing Your Well-Being: Positivity By Estefania Lopez, M.S.           As part of my own personal development I have recently taken several steps to prioritizing my own well-being. Perhaps the most impactful decision I made was to stop tolerating negative people in my life. This type...

Learn a diamond attitude from a group of resilience and health consciousness facilitators  By Joel Bennett, with Austina Reed, Bridget McMillion, Cathy Herndon, Cheryl Brown Merriwether, Cynthia Conigliaro, Desiree Reynolds, Felecia Johnson, Heidi Postupack, Janelle Baldwin, Janet Fouts, Jennifer Lange, Jocelyne Maurice, John Steakley, John Gaal, Laurie Krupski, Lisa Godenick, Lucy Hoblitzelle, Mary Lay, Michele Richardson, Michele Studer, Molly Sigman, Nancy Chabot, Rachel...

By Estefania Lopez, M.S. Candidate First generation college students are often hardworking and adapt well to stress, but their well-being can suffer during the journey of adaptation. Learn and share five lessons from a first gen. I could talk endlessly about being a first-generation college student. While being a 'first...

To be a warrior of spiritual health, thee must forge the swamp of silly definitions, fight the dragon of hypocrisy in health systems, scale the castle of spiritual transcendence and, once you find thyself in the tower of wholeness, wander through the shadows until thee finds the Holy Grail Many...

  By Brittany D. Linde, PhD Moms can use social media for healthy self-expression and social support; AND healthy boundaries are essential I’m a mom. I’ve blogged about being a mom before. It’s a newer role for me; my daughter turned two in November. Since I’ve become a mom, I’ve...

David Steed, OWLS Staff (Vice President of Business Development) What does success really mean? At first, the answer depends on who you ask. For students: graduation and a diploma; for athletes: besting your previous record or winning; for professionals: career growth and achievements; for businesses: new clients and profit. But...

By Faith Sanders, OWLS Staff. Regardless of where you work, your workplace can be a springboard for deepening the sense of common humanity in society-at-large. Are you practicing common humanity at work? Common Humanity is our understanding that many things connect us as a human race. Connection that transcends skin tone,...