Healthy work from home habits in the age of COVID-19
How can you stay healthy, productive (and sane) in the age of coronavirus? Here are…
Occupational Health
Being an Outsider at Work
Being an Outsider at Work If you’ve bought anything from LL Bean recently you might…
Co-Working Is Not What You Think
Several weeks ago a women-only co-working / social club space opened up in Georgetow…
The Intersection between Caregiving, Leadership, and Financial Wellbeing
GW4W launches first white paper! As some of you may know, I’m heavily involved wi…
The Nesting Instinct: Why we “need” our own stuff and our own space at work
If you have ever been pregnant or known someone who is pregnant, you are aware of th…
Lose Some Efficiency to Build Reserve Capacity
Ever feel like you've got everything under control, then something unplanned happens…
Why Work Isn’t Working
For a long time, I’ve been helping clients redesign their workplaces and improve the…
Measuring Health and Human Performance
How do we measure human performance? It's fair to say that measuring human performa…
Nature Fixes Everything: An Interview with Florence Williams
What does being in nature have to do with our happiness, health or productivity? Ap…
Is the Office Obsolete?
I was recently asked, "Why do people need to go into the office?" It wasn't a naïve…
A Healthy Environment Can Nudge Behavior
Consider the many ways a healthy environment impacts our decision-making. What we s…
Best Health Apps to Motivate You
Are you the kind of person that "has an app" for everything? Then you need to check…
Find an Accountability Partner to Stay Healthy
Are you the kind of person who lets yourself “off the hook” too easily when it comes…
Use Peer Pressure to Stay Healthy
You can influence your behavior by hanging out with healthy people. Use peer pressu…
How to Motivate Yourself to Stay Healthy
Did you make a resolution to take on more healthy habits this year and you're alread…
Healthy Workplace Book Recommendations for 2017
Here are my top 8 "healthy workplace" book recommendations and why you will benefit from reading them. Some might surprise you!
The Benefits of a 30 Hour Work Week
A few years ago I hit a wall. I was working 60-80 hours a week for months and months…
10 Easy Ways to Create a Healthy Workplace
Studies show that people who feel more “in control” of their work and work environment are less likely to suffer from stress and illness and see increases in productivity.
Global Women for Wellbeing: An Interview with Mim Senft
The first time I learned about Mim Senft was listening to her on a podcast. She was …
Bring Pets to Work… for Your Health!
One of the recommendations in The Healthy Workplace is to consider allowing employee…
FITWEL and the Center for Active Design, an Interview with Joanna Frank
Joanna Frank is the Executive Director of the Center for Active Design (CfAD) in New…
Stop Obsessing Over “Outputs” and Pay Attention to “Inputs”
My single best tip of advice? It's so easy to measure the success of your busines…
Creating a Wellness Movement: Interview with Laura Putnam, Author of Workplace Wellness that Works
Laura Putnam, author of Workplace Wellness that Works: 10 Steps to Infuse Well-Bei…
The Science Behind Happiness at Work and Other Take-aways from GMU’s Leading to Well-being Conference
I just got back from George Mason University’s Leading to Well-Being: Cultivating Re…
Making Space for Tranquility at Work, Advice from Sharon Salzberg
If you live in the Western Hemisphere and study mindfulness, meditation and its conn…
Why I Don’t Like Being “Busy”
During research for The Healthy Workplace, I visited an office that was experimentin…
A Vegan Workplace, and Other Needs
Recently I had dinner with a two friends who are both workplace strategy directors f…
GMU’s Center for the Advancement of Well-being: Interview with Nance Lucas, Executive Director
A few months ago I was listening to National Public Radio and heard a story that men…
The Importance of Choice on Worker Health
Robert Karasek, an industrial engineer and sociologist, and Tores Theorell, a specia…
The Conflict between Work and the Workforce
This disconcerting image (above) is a drawing from Lennart Levi, who has given 4,000…
The Business Case for Health: Interview with Ron Goetzel, Johns Hopkins University
I first met with Ron Goetzel doing research for my book The Healthy Workplace, and s…
Measuring the Health and Well-being of your Organization (Metrics, Scorecards, Awards and More)
If you want to understand the current state of health in your organization, it takes…
Is Coffee the New Gin?
I recently heard Seth Godin, one of my favorite "thought leaders," discuss a major s…