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
JANUARY
Goals: Finding, Creating, and Accomplishing
Tired of resolutions that fade by February? Learn how to set goals that stick by using the SMART framework and a confidence scale to ensure you're always set up for success. By uncovering your deepest "Why" and aligning your plan with your personal values, you will learn to turn small daily habits into major life accomplishments.
FEBUARY
Building Habits
Learn to master your habits by understanding the simple "loop" of cues, routines, and rewards that drive your daily actions. This presentation provides a four-step framework to help you experiment with different rewards and identify the specific triggers behind your behaviors. By creating a clear plan, you can successfully gain power over your routines and reshape almost any habit with time and effort.
MARCH
The Power to Restart
Navigating the stages of change will help you to successfully transition from setting a new goal to maintaining it for the long term. Overcome the fatigue of restarting by recognizing that falling off the "bandwagon" is not a failure and you are welcome to jump back on at any time. By building habits that reflect your current values and priorities, you can ensure a lasting sense of accomplishment throughout your journey.
APRIL
Tailoring Habits for Neurodivergent Success
Learn about practical strategies for building lasting habits tailored specifically to the unique needs and strengths of neurodivergent brains. You will learn how to audit and adjust your physical environment to minimize executive function hurdles and create clear visual cues that naturally support your daily routines. By shifting the focus from willpower to environmental accommodation, you can create a sustainable system that works with your natural tendencies rather than against them.
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Wellness-Related Books
The Power of Habit
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg explains the science of habit formation, arguing that understanding the "habit loop" (cue, routine, reward) is key to changing behaviors in individuals, organizations, and societies.
Do What Matters Most
Regain the balance in your life! Discover the three powerful habits needed to minimize distractions, maximize accomplishments, and find time to do what matters most.
These three high-performance habits are:
- developing a written personal vision
- identifying and setting annual roles and goals
- and consistently doing pre-week planning
Tiny Habits
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.
Goals: The 10 Rules for Achieving Success
Goals will help you learn how to keep your "eye on the prize". Author Gary Ryan Blair is considered one of the nation’s experts on the topic of goals. He teaches that your life will not go according to plan if you don’t have a plan! His 10 rules for setting goals are loaded with nuggets of wisdom and “a-ha” moments that will bring the power of your goals into focus.
Atomic Habits
No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.
Better Than Before
Most of us have a habit we’d like to change, and there’s no shortage of expert advice. But as we all know from tough experience, no magic, one-size-fits-all solution exists. It takes work to make a habit, but once that habit is set, we can harness the energy of habits to build happier, stronger, more productive lives. Writer Gretchen Rubin identifies every approach that actually works. She presents a practical, concrete framework to allow readers to understand their habits—and to change them for good.
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Benefits Vendor Presentations
- Blomquist Hale: Healthy and Happy Habits
- Blomquist Hale: Making the Decision to Change Your Health
- Blomquist Hale: Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
- PEHP: Develop a Growth Mindset
- TIAA: Build Smart Financial Habits for Success
- URS: Psychology of Money
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Wellness-Related Podcasts/Ted Talks
- TEDTalk: How to Set the Right Goals and Stay Motivated
- Mel Robbins: 5 Ways to Actually Make Your Habits Stick
- The Mindset Mentor Podcast: The Power of Habit
- The Psychology Podcast: How to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones with James Clear
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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:
- Go for the Goal