Bloomberg had a segment on Health & Fitness programs recently called “Working it out.” It explored how corporate gym memberships and subsidies are on the rise, and quoted one CEO suggesting one way of keeping health benefits costs low is “don’t hire smokers!” Should physical health be the only indicator for determining premiums?
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Posted in General, expat coaching, stress on Mar 27th, 2010
Leo Babauta is quite the expert on creating a certain kind of lifestyle. Simplicity is the name of the game, and for some of us, that might mean slowing down.
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Posted in Self, happiness, stress on Mar 13th, 2010
I went to a chapter meeting of the local ICF group on Friday. While it wasn’t all of the networking opportunity I had hoped for, I learned a lot of interesting stuff about the brain and how its functions affect effective coaching relationships as well as life in general.
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Posted in happiness, stress, success on Oct 17th, 2009
The Human Resources Executive magazine online published an article on work-life balance programs in early February. “Employers are not as quick now, as they were in the recession of 2001, to cut work/life programs. In fact, some employers are actually adding more workplace-flexibility programs as a way to reduce costs, one expert says.” I [...]
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Posted in Self, cultural preferences, stress on May 9th, 2009
According to the Gallup World Poll, 72 % of male and 65 % of female respondents feel well rested, the remaining 28 and 35 % respectively do not. How’s your work-play-rest balance shaping up lately?
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