Current Semester Learning Path
Employee Wellness Rewards Program participants can earn points for reading books, listening to podcasts, and attending/viewing vendor presentations. Each semester, we provide suggestions of these items in the Semester Learning Path that relate to the semester topic.
Download the Semester Learning Path Checklist. If you need assistance reading this form, please contact Employee Wellness.
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Wellness in 30
SEPTEMBER
Prepping For Sleep
Learn about practical strategies and tips to help improve your sleep quality. We'll explore techniques like relaxation exercises, mindfulness, and creating a sleep-friendly environment, all aimed at calming the mind and setting the stage for a restful night.
OCTOBER
Stay Asleep
It’s never fun to wake up during the night, and even worse when falling back asleep seems impossible. Come learn tips and tricks that can help prevent sleep interruptions and make the process of getting back to sleep easier and quicker.
NOVEMBER
Midlife Health
Learn the essential strategies for maintaining your wellness routine during the busy and often stressful holiday season. This presentation aims to equip you with a personalized holiday wellness plan and a printable guide, ensuring you can enjoy the festivities while staying on track with your health goals.
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Wellness in Action
Employee Wellness 101
September 24
Employee Wellness 101 provides an overview of the Employee Wellness program and the resources available to benefit-eligible employees. During this one-hour class, employees will learn about wellness programs and Released Wellness Time, how to navigate the online wellness platform, and how to participate in the Rewards and Bonus programs.
Better Sleep
October 7,14,21
When was the last time you tracked your sleep? If you have in the past, what did you do with that information? During this three-part workshop, learn how to track your sleep, implement sleep training, and learn useful techniques to help you sleep better.
Motivation and Willpower
November 3,10,17
Unlock the secrets to lasting change in our three-session wellness workshop designed to strengthen your motivation and willpower. We’ll start by deconstructing the mechanics of the habit loop to understand your triggers, then explore how to leverage personal ability and social support for consistent action. Finally, you'll learn to design an environment and reward system that makes progress feel effortless and sustainable.
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Wellness-Related Books
Life Time: Your Body Clock and Its Essential Roles in Good Health and Sleep
Biological clocks are embedded in every aspect of human biology, guiding us toward the prime times of day to sleep, eat, think, and work. Award-winning scientist Russell Foster brings decades of study to this journey through the circadian rhythms that dominate our days and nights. He shows how the realities of 24/7 life—including night-shift work, overbooked calendars, and caring for newborns—disrupt the body clock, taking a toll on sleep and on mental and physical health.
The Miracle of Bio-Identical Hormones
This book provides many answers to common medical problems, and explains how balancing your hormones can contribute to your well-being and your long-term health. Outstanding praise has been received for this intelligently written book by wellness colleagues, book reviewers, and patients from around the world for its new ideas and unique perspective on hormones and preventive medicine. Dr. Platt explores how natural (non-synthetic) bio-identical hormones can have the power to heal many maladies often considered 'incurable.'
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
The Small Changes That Change Everything by BJ Fogg, PhD, presents a science-based method for creating lasting change by starting with tiny, easy-to-achieve habits, challenging the idea that willpower and radical overhauls are necessary for self-improvement.
Quiet Your Mind and Get to Sleep
Grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I)―the gold-standard treatment for chronic insomnia―this practical workbook provides the same proven techniques used by sleep specialists to help you improve sleep naturally and create lasting change without relying solely on medication.
The Sleep Revolution
In The Sleep Revolution, Arianna Huffington explores all the latest science on what exactly is going on while we sleep and dream. She takes on the sleeping pill industry, and all the ways our addiction to technology disrupts our sleep. She also offers a range of recommendations and tips from leading scientists on how we can get better and more restorative sleep, and harness its incredible power.
Sleep Mastery: The Complete Guide to Overcoming Insomnia, Increasing Energy, and Maximizing Daily Focus
Whether you're struggling to incorporate solutions into your busy schedule or doubting the effectiveness of natural methods, this book offers practical, adaptable strategies proven to improve your sleep. By integrating actionable plans that fit seamlessly into your life, you will embark on a path to restful sleep and a more fulfilling life.
The Testosterone Syndrome
This book examines the male menopause (often called andropause) which occurs over fifteen to twenty years and offers ways to test physical and psychological standings in order to determine a personal status in male menopause
Why We Sleep
In this “compelling and utterly convincing” (The Sunday Times) book, preeminent neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker provides a revolutionary exploration of sleep, examining how it affects every aspect of our physical and mental well-being. Charting the most cutting-edge scientific breakthroughs, and marshalling his decades of research and clinical practice, Walker explains how we can harness sleep to improve learning, mood and energy levels, regulate hormones, prevent cancer, Alzheimer’s and diabetes, slow the effects of aging, and increase longevity. He also provides actionable steps towards getting a better night’s sleep every night.
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Benefits Vendor Presentations
- Blomquist Hale: Sleeping Tips
- Blomquist Hale: Stress Management
- Blomquist Hale: Mindfulness and Stress Reduction
- Blomquist Hale: Parenting: Sleep Hygiene Vs Power Struggles
- PEHP: Sleep Food Mood Exercise
- PEHP: Healthy Aging
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Wellness-Related Podcasts/Ted Talks
- Mel Robbins: Get Back on Track: 5 Evening Habits to Wake Up Focused, Rechared, and in Control
- Huberman Lab: Wind Down Routine
- Sleep is my Waking Passion: The Sleep Secret Every Exhausted Person Needs To Hear
- Dr Sophie: The Ultimate Guide to Better Sleep
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2-Week Challenge
Improve your social connections by scheduling any two-week challenge during the semester and add your coworkers or spouse.
Choose from any of the following in WellSteps, or make your own 2-Week Challenge:
- Sweet Dreams
- Daily 30
- Stress Down
- Quest to 10,000
- Take Care of You