Prioritizing Corporate Wellness In The Workplace
- Nov 10, 2021
- 4 min read
Written by: Christine Deschemin, Executive Contributor
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Investing in your corporate wellness program with the UpNow app ultimately will boost your bottom line and send your employees’ satisfaction soaring.
Employee productivity is essential to a healthy, functional workplace, but that productivity is not just a matter of the right conditions at work. Factors in an employee’s personal life can directly affect motivation and productivity, which in turn can affect your bottom line. Any company with an eye to the future must address not just workplace wellbeing but also overall mental health. With the right corporate mental health strategy, you can maintain your competitive edge while attracting and keeping higher quality talent.
Moving beyond the Conventional EAP
Stress, anxiety, and other mental health concerns can directly affect not just your employees but the workspace. These issues can lead to higher levels of both absenteeism and presenteeism, which occurs when people work despite illness or poor health, which lowers their performance and function. According to the American Psychiatric Association, depression costs U.S. employers alone $44 billion annually in lost productivity. Global costs are likely even higher.
The right workplace wellness program can transform not only the lives of your employees but your entire work culture. Conventionally, employers have offered options such as employee assistance programs, or EAPs. These programs typically offer basic services, such as assistance with:
Alcohol and substance misuse
Relationship difficulties
Financial issues
Traumatic experiences
Employees can typically access EAP services at no cost to themselves, and services may also be available to the employees’ families as well.
While EAPs can be beneficial for some employees dealing with specific issues, they are not a cure-all. Utilization rates are often low, and services tend to be generalized. Access can be difficult, too, with some companies requiring employees to jump through numerous hoops to access the care they need. Finally, sessions tend to be limited in number, which means that many employees are cut off from benefits when they need them the most.
A new health care model is needed. Hypnosis for employee wellness might be just what the doctor ordered. Hypnosis is cost-effective, easy to access, and transformative, providing employees not only with the wellness care they need but the tools to change their lives.
Changing the Narrative to Improve Emotional Health and Increase Performance
Stress is a global issue affecting workers everywhere. Excessive stress is associated with numerous issues, including distractibility, low motivation, fatigue, and depression. Over time, it can even increase the risk of health issues, such as high blood pressure and obesity.
Modern corporate health programs tend to focus primarily on the physical markers of health: weight, blood pressure, or cholesterol levels. While it is true that these markers tell a story about a person’s health, the picture they paint is incomplete. Furthermore, addressing these issues requires not just treating the symptoms but addressing any underlying issues.
It is time to flip the script on your corporate wellness program. Digital hypnotherapy can give your employees the tools they need to improve not only their physical well-being but also their emotional health. The payoff for you is happier, healthier employees who regularly perform at their peak.
When you change the way you approach employee wellness, you can take your program beyond the symptoms and give your employees the tools they need to transform their health and wellness. With hypnotherapy, your employees can take control of their stress, developing skills that can last a lifetime as they combat burnout, boost motivation, and renew their sense of achievement in the workplace. All of this translates to stronger, healthier company culture and greater overall productivity.
UpNow’s Hypnotherapy App
The UpNow app puts the power of emotional wellness directly into your employees’ hands. With our app, your employees can access the care they need in comfort and privacy. There is no longer a need to schedule appointments or to go through human resources departments. There are no forms to complete or questionnaires. Instead, your team can access powerful audios on relevant topics, including:
Anxiety
Stress
Sleep
Depression
Grief
Interpersonal relationships
Motivation
Performance
Fears and phobias
Career enhancement
Bad habits
Financial management
Confidence
UpNow’s app also features support for physical needs, including pain management, women’s health, weight loss, improved sleep, and more. The app is easy to use and can help employees access the care they need in an environment that feels safe and comfortable for them.
Invest in Corporate Wellness; Boost Your Bottom Line
As our knowledge and understanding of mental wellness evolve, so does our understanding of how to craft an employee wellness program that properly meets our employees; needs. With the UpNow app, you have the power of transforming your teams’ lives without significantly increasing costs. Not only can you control your costs, but productivity will soar as your employees develop healthier stress management techniques, overcome bad habits, and build resilience. Their motivation and job satisfaction will skyrocket, and you will be better able to attract and keep the talent you need to grow. Investing in your wellness program with the UpNow app ultimately will boost your bottom line and send your employees’ satisfaction soaring.
Christine Deschemin, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine
Christine Deschemin is a certified hypnotherapist and founder of the Renewed Edge Hypnotherapy Centre in Hong Kong. With a keen interest in resilience, she leverages her experience as an athlete and as a former engineer and banker in high-stress environments with her executive and sports clients. In March 2020, she released the UpNow hypnosis app to bring the benefits of self-hypnosis to the fingertips of anyone in need. The self-hypnosis downloads can be accessed online and offline to make mental health aids very affordable.
In addition to her many scholastic achievements, Christine Deschemin has a Master of Science from the Ecole Polytechnique (France) and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She is fluent in four languages.
