Wellness Works is a quarterly newsletter, written and published by the staff of Workplace Wellness. It contains topical articles on subjects related to life and work as well as upcoming program and resource information. Wellness Works Newsletter is distributed free to every EAP member.

In a carefully controlled experiment, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, and developed by Dr. Lawrence Williams and Dr. John A. Bargh of Yale University, people who held something warm were more likely to perceive someone else as emotionally “warm”—and they were more likely to behave in friendly, generous ways themselves. Read More!

Would you believe that each of us has the ability to make ourselves healthier, happier and smarter in one easy way? All you have to do is practice conscious breathing. Read More!

As talk of falling housing prices, rising consumer debt and declining retail sales bring up worries about the nation’s economic health, more Americans feel additional stress and anxiety about their financial future. Read More!

Summer2008 Newsletter: "Have a Good Cry!"

More than two thousand years ago, Aristotle theorized that crying at a drama “cleanses the mind” of suppressed emotions by a process called catharsis: the reduction of distress by releasing emotions. Ancient folk wisdom has always told us that crying is good for our health. Now, scientific research supports and reports it! After crying, people actually feel better, both physically and physiologically— and they feel worse by suppressing their tears. Read More!

Sleep is essential for our survival and is necessary for our nervous system to work properly. Sleep allows our nervous system to shut down and repair itself. During deep sleep, growth hormones are released in both children and young adults. There is also increased production and reduced breakdown of proteins (building blocks for cell growth and repair). Read More!