Highway to Well, Episode 27: "Fall on Me," with Craig Becker

"There's the progress. We have found a way to talk around the problem. Building towered. Foresight isn't anything at all." - "Fall on Me," by REM

What if we could re-capture what wellness is really about? What if we could strive to add more good, rather than focus on less bad? What if we moved away from a zero-sum prevention model to one that is expressive? Collaborative? Creative? Innovative? Isn’t that what wellness was, and always has been about?

In this episode of "Highway to Well," Craig Becker and I traverse these questions as we discuss his work in, and the value of salutogenesis. Salutogenesis is the study of the origins of health and how it can be generated. Salutogenesis can cause chronic wellness, which is persistent positive conditions enabled through engagement in health causing actions, by helping us know what environments, behaviors and thoughts improve health and well-being.

Craig is a professor of Health Education & Promotion at East Carolina University. He has written for over100 national and international publications and provided presentations about how to create or cause health and generate positive outcomes, not just avoiding bad results. Craig has also developed a vast amount of tools and resources, including a wide collection of videos and blogposts.

For more on Craig, visit:

https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ895721.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/user/BeWellr/videos

https://positivehealthleadership.wordpress.com/

For more "Highway to Well," podcasts, visit:

https://www.derekbellwellness.com/

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Highway to Well, Episode 26: "A Sort of Homecoming," with Sara Martin

"And you hunger for the time. Time to heal, desire, time. And your earth moves beneath your own dream landscape." - Bono

In this episode of "Highway to Well," Sara and I will journey through the depths of our collective well-being in a world that is unpredictable, dynamic, and challenging. Living better and thriving requires us to dive into the value of social connection, resiliency, and having a deep understanding of how our mental, physical, and emotional health impacts our happiness. Sara's empathetic, thoughtful, and caring leadership shines through as we search for meaning in difficult times.

Sara Martin is the Executive Director of the Wellness Council of America. WELCOA helps organizations build high-performing, healthy workplaces.

For more information about WELCOA: https://www.welcoa.org/

WELCOA recently launched WELCOA Connect, including a 6 week virtual series on various worksite wellness topics. For more information: https://www.welcoa.org/welcoa-connect/inner-circle-agenda/

For more "Highway to Well" podcasts: https://www.derekbellwellness.com/highway-to-well-podcast-1

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Highway to Well, Episode 25: "Bring My Courage..." with Marissa Kalkman

"Bring my courage back now. I'm tired of being afraid of what I can't change. I want to be living free." - Glen Phillips

In this episode of "Highway to Well," Marissa Kalkman, Executive Director of the Wellness Councils of Wisconsin, and I traverse over the bumps and bruises COVID life and work has dealt us and arrive at the opportunities we have to overcome our struggles. With her unfettering drive to improve the lives of people and organizations, Marissa shares her ideas about improving mental health, psychological safety, and giving ourselves permission to be authentic. It is through our common ground of connections, values, and courage we will see this through.

Thank you again for listening.

For more information about Marissa and the Wellness Council of Wisconsin:

WCWI 30th Annual Employee Wellbeing Conference, "Courage: Cultivating Possibility": Join WCWI and employers, people leaders, culture designers, and wellness practitioners for a live, virtual experience that will help you lean into the unknown, challenge paradigms, and create action. Courage is the underlying attribute of the leaders and organizations that are boldly and admirably supporting workforce wellbeing. This year’s conference agenda will explore the possibilities of “what’s next” for employee wellbeing and the learning experience is curated in four tracks defined by WCWI’s components of courage: Physical, Creative, Moral, and Social.

· Discover your personal courage strength: https://www.wellnesscouncilwi.org/Courage-Assessment.htm

· For a (free) pre-event speaker webinar to get introduced to the four components of courage and a few conference speakers: https://www.wellnesscouncilwi.org/WCWI/Pre-Event-Speaker-Webinars.htm

· Register for the virtual conference: https://www.wellnesscouncilwi.org/WCWI/Events/30th-Annual-Conference.htm

Links to learn more:

• WCWI’s 30th Annual Employee Wellbeing Conference October 27-29: https://www.wellnesscouncilwi.org/WCWI/Annual-Conference-Experience.htm

• Conference Agenda & Speakers: https://www.wellnesscouncilwi.org/WCWI/Events/30th-Annual-Conference.htm

• WCWI’s Courage Assessment: https://www.wellnesscouncilwi.org/Courage-Assessment.htm

• WCWI’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wellness-council-of-wisconsin/

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Highway to Well, Episode 24: "Walk On," with Mandy Nycz

"The only baggage you can bring, is all that you can't leave behind." - Bono

In this episode of "Highway to Well," executive and career coach, Mandy Nycz, and I drive along the pathways to improving our lives and careers. We talk about the need to increase our understanding and attention paid to our values, how to build resiliency, and help us all answer our most important question, "what do I want to be when I grow up?'

The Inspired Training Institute Services include, executive and leadership coaching, career coaching, and workshops. Mandy coaches people at all career stages to clarify their goals. She also provides resources to build engagement and increase value-based decision making to impact and improve positive change. This process creates greater success for clients and organizations.

For more informatiion about Mandy and Inspired Training:

mandy@inspiredtraining.net

Inspired Training website: https://inspiredtraining.net/

Upcoming book published by Inspired Training founder: https://inspiredtraining.net/book/

For more episodes of Highway to Well, visit

https://www.derekbellwellness.com/

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Highway to Well: Episode 22, "In Times Like These," with Mettie Spiess

Mettie Spiess is a difference maker in mental health, wellness and suicide prevention. In today's world, we need more of Mettie.

In this very special episode of "Highway to Well," Mettie and I dive into the state of mental health and wellbeing under the duress of COVID life. We also speak at length about the expanding definition of wellness and that there is no health without mental health.

Mettie is the 2016 National Alliance on Mental Illness Education Advancement Award Winner, an International Keynote Speaker and the Founder of A World Without Suicide. As a trusted advisor to workplaces in 22 industries, across 35 countries, Mettie has strategically designed effective, sustainable wellness programs for over a decade.

A World Without Suicide (AWWS) Training & Consulting is a global training and consulting firm that helps workplaces effectively address employee mental health to reduce the risk of costly crisis.. AWWS customizes programs to be fully aligned with client’s needs and unique industry challenges. Employers in 22 industries across 35 countries have utilized AWWS’ digital and live certified mental health safety trainings to support their employees and their bottom line.

Visit StigmaFreeWorkplace.com for more information.

More about Mettie and AWWS:
Email: Mettie@AWorldWithoutSuicide.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mettie-spiess-cwp-2094a6b7/

Employer Role Models & ROI Case studies: http://corporate.mettiespiess.com/client-results/

24/7 crisis support:

US textline- text HOME to 741741

US Suicide Prevention Lifeline- 1-800-273-8255

For more information about Mental Health Month, visit: https://www.nami.org/Home

For more Highway to Well podcasts: https://www.patreon.com/HighwaytoWell

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Highway to Well: Episode 21, "Same in Any Language," with Maggie Gough

"Everything is in the balance of a moment I can't control. And your sympathetic strings are like the stirrings in my soul." - Neill Finn, "Anytime"

Maggie is the founder and owner of Realize Wellness, which aims to create workplaces that exude energy and innovation through their vibrant, thriving people. Through her work she encourages employers to design meaningful work and cultivate a collective responsibility among employees to a healthy workplace.

In this episode, Maggie and I will talk about the value of patience, grace, gentleness and gratitude in today's work-home-balancing act. We also dive into social connections and how our current climate involves frequency and need, but we talk about how we must disengage for our well-being, and how our focus should involve making more intentional quality connections. Finally, we will share how micro moments of wellness can help us find our way through this period.

Thank you again for listening. Please share. Maggie's work is tremendous and these conversations are more important than ever.

For more information about Realize Wellness: https://realizewellbeing.com/

You can follow Maggie on Facebook and Instagram. (@maggie.z.gough)

To get the a new guidebook that Maggie is giving to all wellness practitioners for free (use coupon code Wellness Warrior)

https://realizewellbeing.com/product/realize-wellbeing-guidebook/

Text Amplify to 48-48-48 to receive weekly motivational texts from Maggie

Also, Maggie is working with WELCOA to provide tools and resources to employers and individuals, for more information: https://www.welcoa.org/covid/

For other podcasts featuring some of the amazing people we mention in this episode: https://www.patreon.com/HighwaytoWell

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Highway to Well, Episode 23: "Stuck in a Moment," with Christy Bartelt

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"I'm not afraid of anything in this world. There's nothing you can throw at me that I haven't already heard. I'm just trying to find a decent melody, a song that I can sing in my own company..." - Bono

What do you need to live vibrantly? What do you need to let go of things in your past that hold you down today? How can you navigate COVID life with your well-being intact?

In this episode of "Highway to Well," we dive deep into the layers of our complex human souls with Christy Bartelt, and seek to understand what we all need more of - self-love, confidence, and compassion We’ll also talk about the common need for people to seek understanding through resolving their past so they can live vibrantly today with optimism for a better tomorrow. Christy's passion lies in helping people thrive in their lives, relationships, and work. These are all things we need in abundance to live each day enhancing our wellbeing.

Thank you for listening. For more information about Christy:

Website: https://www.christybartelt.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christy_bartelt/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christybarteltRTT/?ref=bookmarks

Whole Point Podcast: https://www.wholepointpod.com/

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On this Episode of Highway to Well, Coach Andy Molski and I talk about making healthy change and how significant resiliency is in that process. We also talk about how community, environment and social connections support living a better life. And finally, as you would expect when you lock us into a room, we talk about the finer things like, does hair-metal sound better today than in 1987, what's the most perfect walk-up song, or whether or not the Hacksaw Jim Duggan might be the greatest pro-wrestler of all-time?

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In this episode, Marissa and I share our wellness journeys and how that has impacted our career paths. Along the way we shine a light on what we should be talking about in the wellness field, and ways we can foster and grow more impactful health and wellness cultures.

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A podcast about motivation, fear, vulnerability, chasing goals, and learning how a community can inspire change.

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In this episode we'll talk about Kent's path, the value of creativity to our wellbeing, and we'll also share excerpts from a beautiful letter he wrote to the soccer team he coaches.For this soccer coach, that piece touched my expressive heart.

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In this episode, we’ll talk about pathways to wellness, where we think the field is headed, and what Corey sees as leader of one of the most important, if not the most important, academic program in health promotion and wellness in the country. And of course, we’re also going to talk about fishing.

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Kelly Wilz is the Division Head for the Department of Communication at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. She teaches courses in women's and gender studies; activism; and sex, communication and #MeToo,

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in 2015, Rachel was voted as the best health and wellness professional in the United States by the Wellness Councils of America (WELCOA). Using that platform, she has worked with organizations and individuals to support a more vibrant pathway to wellbeing.

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In this episode of "Highway to Well," Dave and I discuss the role sustainability plays in our health and well-being and we'll dive into current issues we're facing regarding the environment with ideas about how we can improve healthy living, We also speak at length about his love of the Dave Matthews band and what makes for a perfect summer festival.

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In this episode, James and I will scour the landscape of motivation, fear, anxiety, coaching, performance, health and well-being. But mostly we'll talk about life and the reasons to live a vibrant one.

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Sean is a dear friend and an internationally renowned authority on fitness, weight management and healthy living. He's appeared on ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, and has received the “Nike Go” Top National Health Education Program Award. He authored the Wellness Councils of America’s flag ship physical activity and exercise books, “Fitness That Works” and “Walking 4 Wellness”. Sean is also the author and creator of “The Burst Workout” and the coauthor of the New York Times #1 bestseller, “The Daniel Plan”.

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In this episode of Highway to Well, "Navigating a Culture of Distraction," Luke and I talk about dangers of digital toxicity, addiction, and brain hacking, as well as how we can navigate our tech-focused lives to increase our health and happiness. We'll route our path through clicks on our screens to the beating of our hearts and discuss how love and compassion are pathways to empathy.

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In this episode of "Highway to Well," Don and I talk about the state of wellness, what the term wellness has become for better or worse, and share a glimpse into the shimmering lights of hope in redefining how we encourage people to live a good life and reclaiming wellness.

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In this episode of "Highway to Well," Brett and I explore these issues, as well as dive into where the wellness field is and how smooth our transition is going we we become more generationally diverse. We'll talk about the value in developing programming and pathways that allow for more creative expression, opportunities for building social connections, and enhancing self-efficacy.

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