Author Archives: LifeDojo Team
We’ve Got the Cure for These 4 Common Wellbeing Program Ailments
With most ailments like the common cold, you usually know exactly what to do. When you have a sore throat, you gargle with salt water. If you have a cold, nothing works better than Mom’s chicken soup. But what if … Continue reading
How to Personalize Your Employee Wellbeing Program
Here’s a common scenario: Your company decides to offer a wellness challenge, and you get a big group committed to running a 5k or walking 10,000 steps a day for a month. People seem excited and motivated at the beginning … Continue reading
Habit Change & Workplace Wellbeing: Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, we explored some of the factors that go into the mechanics of habit change and why it’s so hard to adjust our behavior, even if we have a strong desire to make a change. If you … Continue reading
Habit Change & Workplace Wellbeing: Part 1
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle Your alarm rings at 6am, you hit the snooze button—five more minutes of sleep. The second alarm goes off, and, grunting, you sit up. You … Continue reading
Finding the Focus for Your Employee Wellbeing Program
Wellbeing can be a tricky concept to define. That’s why we spent a blog post diving into what we mean by this term and why we think it’s important to distinguish between wellness and wellbeing. One of the reasons why we prefer … Continue reading
Employee Wellness vs. Wellbeing: What’s the Difference?
What’s in a name? Does it really matter whether you refer to your program as an employee wellness or an employee wellbeing initiative? These two concepts certainly have some overlap, but it’s become increasingly common to differentiate between the two. … Continue reading
Why Intrinsic Motivation Matters for Employee Wellbeing Programs
Picture this: You’re walking through a beautiful, livable space filled with natural light and plants. You see people in small groups talking enthusiastically, some are seated at couches and in small booths, others are heading off to a yoga session … Continue reading
3 Ways Employers Can Support Positive Habit Change Among Employees
Take a moment to consider the New Year’s resolutions you eagerly set for yourself at the beginning of this year. Remember that vision of a “new you” you saw parading in your mind? Now flash forward to the present. Have … Continue reading
How Healthy Eating Can Impact Your Employees & Your Business
Whether you’re vegan, paleo, gluten-free, or unapologetically omnivorous, chances are you spend a good deal of time every day thinking about food. What’s in your fridge? What are you having for dinner? What do you need to buy at the … Continue reading
The Unexpected Benefits of Boosting Employee Fitness
“I can’t go a day without working out.” “Going for a run just puts me in a better mood.” “I’m a much nicer person when I go to the gym.” These are all statements that we’ve heard (or perhaps even … Continue reading
