JT Galloway

Do you ever feel like the day is just one big UGH sometimes? Like you're stuck in a rut and nothing seems to be going your way? It happens to the best of us. But what if I told you there was a simple

Right now, there is an overwhelming amount of wellbeing portals. You have no shortage of choices out there with basic one-off challenge material, app-only portals, customizable apps, or even building your own. We get asked a lot "What makes any of these any more special than the other?"

So, most years organizations look towards outside help in order to help their employees "cut the butt" or some similar cute tagline that ropes in most people. Here's what you can expect:

While there is NO WAY to know all the ins and outs of an entirely new platform, I do think there are some staples that will carry most organizations further than others.

But as I read the headlines and dive deeper into the stories about the last 6 months, the more I began to wonder what was actually happening.

Over the past twelve months, how many of you have found yourselves working that little bit longer each day, having trouble switching off or finding it more difficult to address that work-life boundary?

Iceland is making moves to show the world how far we've come in efficiency, productivity, and even wellbeing...all by requiring their employees to, wait for it, work LESS.

Over 69% of employees said the pandemic had negatively impacted their mental health, and 40% were already battling burnout. This was only four months into the pandemic. It's now a year later and these numbers have not changed much.

Often, we feel obligated at work to do some sort of recognition of this day. If you've ever tried to set something up with office politics and trying to celebrate each person individually...I feel for you. So what should you do for people?

I was overstressed, and in a place that had me searching for a reset.

This blog post though is to celebrate us, the collective us, and celebrate us making it. There NEEDS to be celebration. Not just from saying we survived the virus as so many didn't, but even making it this far for our mental wellbeing just as much as our physical wellbeing.

You're not imagining it, nobody seems to want to talk right now. Message are brief and replies late. Talk of catch ups on zoom are perpetually put on hold. Group chats are no longer pinging all night long.

I still remember that fateful day where it truly showed, during a point they would love to forget. Take a look at a post I wrote from a little over 2 years ago that Google just paid $3.8Mil in a settlement over

I'm not here to say EAP programs aren't good - but I will say they aren't the whole picture. Here's a glaring point:

Every year I set New Year’s resolutions but tend to give up after a few weeks. How can I set resolutions that stick?