Inflammation is something we all have dealt with at some point, with many of us having chronic inflammation that we deal with often. There are countless inflammation causes, and knowing the root cause is imperative for resolving the problem. In the meantime, there are some things we can do to lessen any inflammation we may be dealing with.
Environmental Wellness
by Denise O’Malley, Founder of You Define Wellness and a Reformed Insurance Agent
“Why doesn’t health insurance cover alternative medicine?” Versions of that question was recently asked of me in two separate conversations. Here’s how I responded.
by Peggy Green of Thee Grief Specialist
I hear time and time again from others who are grieving that it is a necessity to return to work. The most common reason is financial. Second is the fear of losing their job for being absent too long.
by Denise O’Malley, founder of You Define Wellness
Wellness education at the workplace is an important part of building and supporting happy, healthy & thriving employees as its purpose is to provide knowledge and awareness in an area of healthy living that the recipient may not be familiar. Finding people to deliver that education is the hard part and we make it easy at You Define Wellness!
by Rita Shimniok of Purely Living Wellness
When choosing plants an herbs for the garden or patio container consider onion chives. They are not only a lovely, upright accent plant – they provide key nutrients for your health.
For several years we’ve hosted online public events at You Define Wellness; with the slowdown of 2020, we took the opportunity to restructure our offerings and launched a new suite of online events that have been wildly popular with the public! Our success means many healthy living professionals, non-profit organizations, and companies have approached us recently about co-hosting events and sponsorship opportunities.
By Denise O’Malley, founder of You Define Wellness
We understand corporate wellness isn’t the highest priority for a company. To succeed, your organization has to focus on the objective of your purpose – be it selling widgets or services – not the health of your people. Employee wellbeing? It’s an afterthought, a fluffy, nice-to-do but not necessary function of running your business.
by Denise O’Malley, founder and Healthy Living Maestro at You Define Wellness
When white light passes through a prism, the light is separated into its component colors with each color being integral to creating a beautiful rainbow. At You Define Wellness, each color is symbolic of a dimension of wellness and illustrates how critical each component is to healthy living.
Sounds good, but this is real life. How do you achieve harmony with all the dimensions?
by Rhonda Bolich-Lampo with The WELLthy People
You’ve probably heard of tofu burgers or maybe red lentil pasta. How about vegan cheese? You can spend a lot of time these days learning about plant-based foods. It is a new trend that is continually expanding and tends to be synonymous with healthy eating.
by Denise O’Malley, founder and Healthy Living Maestro at You Define Wellness
The achievement of ‘wellness’ has oftentimes seemed like an exercise in spinning plates to me. Just when I’ve got the plates all spinning, one starts to falter. I focus my attention on that plate and just as it starts spinning correctly, other plates start wobbling. I repeat the pattern until I’m thoroughly exhausted and all the plates suddenly crash to the floor.
Sound familiar?
On February 21, 2021, all of my plates crashed. All of them.