Take an afternoon nap. 🙂
Healthy Eating Grocery Tour Dates for March!
| N Good Health and Kroger have partnered to offer employees a unique opportunity to shop with a clinical nutritionist. Learn about meal planning and how to navigate the grocery — get all your questions answered. All participants will go home with a bag of goodies! These are employee-only events. |
Sat, Mar 21, 2020
· 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Employees Only: Healthy Eating Grocery Tour
Kroger in McMahan Plaza, 3039 Breckenridge Lane, Louisville, Kentucky 40220, United States
Mon, Mar 23, 2020
· 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Employees Only: Healthy Eating Grocery Tour
Kroger in McMahan Plaza, 3039 Breckenridge Lane, Louisville, Kentucky 40220, United States
National Dress in Blue Day is Friday, March 6th
Blue is the color of the day on Friday, March 6, to raise awareness for colon cancer, the second most deadly form of cancer among men and women in the country.
When you participate in National Dress in Blue Day, you show your support for colon cancer screenings, which can save lives. Colon cancer is highly treatable when it’s caught early, yet one-third of adults are not getting screened as recommended.
If your scrub color or uniform does not allow you to wear blue, there are other ways for you to show your support, including:
• Wear a blue ribbon on your scrubs or badge.
• Recognize a colon cancer survivor.
• Encourage your friends and family to wear blue.
• Learn your risk by taking an online colon cancer risk assessment.
If you’re age 50 or older, Norton Healthcare has made it simple for you to schedule your colonoscopy. With weekend appointments available and at-home colon cancer screening tests, why wait?
Visit NortonHealthcare.com/Colon to schedule your appointment today.
Do you Self Care? Self care tips: Part 3 of 3
Does your schedule seem too busy to add one more task to it? Self-care is extremely important for our minds, bodies and emotional well-being so ask yourself “how important am I?” There are many ways to carve out a small chunk of time from your day for snippets of self-care but first you have to decide what your needs are. Once you determine what your life is lacking (or has too much of), you can prioritize what can wait. Self-care should not be put on that wait list as it can provide you with improved general health, increased job satisfaction, a willingness to relate to others and the ability to plan responses rather than react hastily. This is the final piece of the 3 part self-care series with 15 more tips but they aren’t limited to these suggestions—create your own! Challenge yourself to begin incorporating some (or even one) into your routine and make taking care of yourself a priority.
- Practice radical self-love
- Tell a stranger “have a GREAT day!”
- Talk to someone you love
- Write down negative thoughts and throw them away
- Avoid multitasking
- Try essential oil mixtures
- Take a hot bath
- Know your sense of purpose
- Practice good posture
- Close your email
- Meditate
- Foster friendships
- Make a vision board
- Leave work at work
- Dance
*source: National Safe Place Network
Don’t wait. Join WW now!
Did you know that you can earn 30 healthy action points and be reimbursed up to 75% for participating in WW (formerly Weight Watchers)
Weight Watchers is now WW, a science-based approach to weight loss with the latest nutritional and behavior change techniques. The program incorporates smart tools in the palm of your hand with the WW app, offers 24/7 support and loads of recipes. You can share your journey and swap tips for success in their workshops and a members-only social platform.
Qualifying Norton Healthcare employees who want to lose weight and keep it off can save money. The program has been designed with real people in mind, regardless of gender, age or weight loss goals. You’ll be given a plan that’s adapted to your lifestyle and specific needs, helping to create a positive weight loss experience.
Join online or in person at community meetings
Everyone who completes the N Good Health 4 steps can participate and be reimbursed 75% of the 12-week program cost for the WW Digital, Digital + Studio or Digital + Coaching program. To receive the reimbursement and receive healthy action points, you must submit the completed tracking tool to N Good Health.
Digital (online) participants must record weekly weight log entries during the 12-week enrollment. Submit the completed tracking tool and screenshots of your weight logs to N Good Health to receive the reimbursement.
For more information about WW and N Good Health’s program reimbursement policy, submit an N Good Health help ticket or call (502) 629-2162.
Join us tomorrow for the last wellness fair!
Join us tomorrow from 7AM – 1PM for our very last employee wellness fair of 2020. We will be at Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital in the Atrium (next to the cafeteria).
Come out to see us & enjoy a free massage courtesy of Louisville Chair Massage! You’ll also have a chance to speak with representatives from the YMCA, Norton Healthcare benefits team, Planet Fitness, Green BEAN Delivery and more. And, don’t forget to speak with an N Good Health team member to answer your questions about the 4 steps, wellness credits and other available programming.
You can win!
Schedule your wellness exam to be entered to win cool stuff! Winners will be announced every hour during each wellness fair!
YMCA Diabetes Prevention Program Starting Soon
| ​Are you ready to learn how to eat, move more and lose weight?The YMCA Diabetes​ Prevention Program is available to qualifying employees and their spouses to help put you on the track toward wellness. A new YMCA Diabetes Prevention Program cohort starts soon. The program is 100% covered by your Norton Healthcare medical insurance plan! Employees and spouses at risk for diabetes are eligible to participate in this program.​ Register now as space is limited! You can earn 85 healthy action points towards the 4 Steps when you complete this program. |
If these class times do not work for you, the YMCA Diabetes Prevention Program is also offered at many community YMCA locations.Â
The program includes:
- Lifestyle coach: Get motivated to change your habits! You will get access to a lifestyle coach who will support you along your health journey.
- 12-week family membership to the YMCA: Start your health journey with the benefit of a full-service gym! Take advantage of equipment, fitness classes, walking tracks and more.
- Group sessions: You aren’t alone on your health journey. A lifestyle coach will lead you and other participants through weekly group sessions where you’ll discuss health topics and offer one another support.
Find out if you or your spouse is eligible to participate in this program by visiting www.ymcalouisville.org/prevent-diabetes. Contact the YMCA Diabetes Prevention Office at (502) 572-2608 to register.Â