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Occupational Wellness
focuses on being
optimally prepared for the work at hand while gaining personal
satisfaction and enrichment. Occupational wellness is achieved by
finding the balance between work and leisure knowing its
relationship between one’s physical and emotional health. It
develops the understanding and attitude that decisions and values
may change as new information and experiences are attained. It
instills flexibility to meet these changes and provides stress
management techniques to deal with change in a positive manner.
Characteristics of Occupational Wellness:
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Participating in
activities that motivate you personally and professionally |
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Engaging in
leisure activities that you find enjoyable |
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Finding a
comfortable direction for future goals and plans |
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Understanding
personal strengths and weaknesses |
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Undertaking what
you want to do in life or working toward that goal |
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Exhibiting the
personal qualities of a valued employee |
The
Need for Occupational Wellness
Occupational
wellness is not optimal within some places of employment. We
experience dangerous, demanding, and stressful jobs each day. We
feel stressed, pressured and unfocused leading to poor productivity
and job performance. If stress is left untreated, health problems
and long term disease can emerge. Feelings of being “burned out” or
overwhelmed have side effects which can include heart attack,
depression, diabetes and migraines.
Did
you know that …
With increasing time
spent on the job,
job stress is becoming a painful reality for many workers.
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40% of workers
reported that their jobs were very often extremely stressful. |
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25% view their
jobs as the number one stressor in their lives. |
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75% of employees
believe that they have more on-the-job stress than the generation
before them. |
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26% of workers said they were “often or very often burned
out or stressed by their work.” |
Source: Stress At Work by the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
More than one-third of workers say their jobs are
harming their physical or emotional health.
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42% of workers say job pressures are interfering
with family and personal relationships. |
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50% of workers say they have a more demanding
workload this year than last year. |
Source: Attitudes in the American Workplace 8 VII by
The Marlin Company.
Achieving excellence in Occupational Wellness
Check your
Occupational Wellness.
You’ll know you’re gaining when you can easily:
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Maintain a positive time management system |
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Say “no” to
assignments or volunteer tasks that are not within your goals |
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Break away from
your desk for lunch to interact with others or exercise |
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Remain flexible
through changes in your personal or professional life |
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Clear the clutter
and chaos from your office, desk and home environments |
Occupational
wellness begins with analyzing your unique talents and abilities.
This discovery leads to a positive attitude and a feeling of
contribution. As you uncover your talents, abilities, interest,
internal values, and satisfaction level, you naturally work toward a
career that encompasses these attributes, which ultimately leads to
personal and professional satisfaction.
Tips
for optimal Occupational Wellness development:
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Volunteer to gain
an insider’s view of a profession that interests you |
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Attend classes on
time management, procrastination, and life balance |
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Engage in stress
relieving practices such as yoga, meditation, prayer, or exercise |
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Make your
management aware of your workload and negotiate delegation |
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Learn successful change management attitudes and
processes through workshops or seminars |
Sandra Larkin Wellness Strategies
Sandra Larkin
Wellness Strategies realizes the importance
of stress reduction and, even more importantly, stress prevention.
It’s going to take a lot more than stress balls to alleviate the
stress, strain, and tension within a corporate culture. We take
stress management seriously by providing a complete, customized
wellness program. You and your organization will be proactively
promoting wellness and doing so within your budget.
We offer different
types of stress reduction techniques such as massage,
reflexology, physical fitness, and nutrition workshops that provide
the framework to work out the tension so often seen in business
today. Personal wellness coaching moves associates toward
life and business goals while remaining positive and productive.
Wellness Workshops educate groups on the personal and
professional development topics that lead to business prosperity.
As health care costs
continue to rise, an effective wellness solution will support your
goals of reducing medical claims and prescription drug costs. By
assisting associates in reducing stress and finding meaning and
purpose in life and work, your organization increases people revenue
as well as corporate profitability. |
