Transforming the Workplace with Healthy Thinking
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Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance - Kurt Vonnegut
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This is a presentation I did at the 2009 Art & Science of Health Promotion Conference
Transcript of Transforming the Workplace with Healthy Thinking
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance
- Kurt Vonnegut
Transforming the Workplace with
Healthy ThinkingJohn Weaver, Psy.D
What Works Best in Health Promotion?Art & Science of Health Promotion March 17, 2009
Objectives• Participants will understand the emotional
factors that interfere with attempts to make healthy lifestyle changes
• Participants will be familiar with a tool to assess the six dimensions of wellness
• Participants will be able to identify and understand how to address learned helplessness through training in optimism
• Participants will be able to identify and understand how to address burnout through training in resilience
• Participants will be able to identify and understand how to maintain long term change through training in mindfulness
The Problem
Resistance to lifestyle changes
The ProblemPhysical• About 66% of adults over
20 are classified overweight or obese
• 75% regain weight after 1 year, 95% regain it after 3 years.
The Problem
Intellectual• 5.2 million people in the US
have Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia
• It is the 7th leading cause of death
• Rates are climbing
The Problem
Social• The divorce rate for the 1st
marriage is approximately 41%, for the 2nd 60%, and for the third 73%
• At least 50% of children will spend part of their growing years in a single parent family
The Problem
Vocational• 8.1% unemployment in the US in
February, 2009.• Today less than half of all Americans
are satisfied with their jobs, down from 61% twenty years ago.
• 70% of employees said you have to work late and work overtime to get ahead, 61% of employers agreed.
The Problem
Spirituality• About 1 in 4 Americans is
devoutly religious• Those who identify
themselves as “Christian” has dropped 20% in the past 20 years
• 15% now say they have no religion
The Problem
Emotional• Estimated 9.5% of adults and 5%
of children have a depressive disorder in a given one-year period
• Depression is the leading cost of health care and is approximately 70% higher than the next leading cost.
The Best Ideas for Motivation
What are you doing that works?
Moving from external motivation
to internal motivation
The Good NewsPositive Psychology Research
– Focus is on STRENGTHS easier lifestyle change – Focus on POSITIVE RECOGNITION it’s continuation– Focus on “should”/“shouldn’t” demoralization
Mental Fitness Coaching Assessment
Wellness
Behavior
Wellness
Emotional State
Behavior
Wellness
Thinking Skills
Emotional State
Behavior
Wellness
Thinking Skills
Emotional State
Behavior
Wellness
Optimism
Learned Helplessness
Learned Helplessness
The Experiment
Learned Helplessness
The Experiment
Applications to Real Life
I can’t…
I always fail…
I’m no good at…
I tried that before…
With my luck…
Optimism can be
learned!
Optimists believe that good things are:
Optimists believe that good things are:
Personal
Optimists believe that good things are:
Personal
Pervasive
Optimists believe that good things are:
Personal
Pervasive
Permanent
Resilience
Chronic
Hypervigilant
Disconnected
Apathetic
Irritable
Tired
According to a recent survey by the American Psychological Association, 68% of American workers say that their employer should offer a program to build Resilience to stress.
The Vitamin C’s of Emotional Health
The Vitamin C’s of Emotional Health
Commitment
The Vitamin C’s of Emotional Health
Commitment
Challenge
The Vitamin C’s of Emotional Health
Commitment
Challenge
Control
Mindfulness
Mindless Eating
Lacking Motivation
Information Overload
Slave to Emotions
Magical Thinking
Social Isolation
Exercise Injuries
There is more right with you than wrong with you!
Paying attention in a particular way:
Paying attention in a particular way:
On purpose,
Paying attention in a particular way:
On purpose,
In the present moment,
Paying attention in a particular way:
On purpose,
In the present moment,
And without judgment.
Selected Bibliography
• Lambert, K. (2008). Lifting Depression. New York: Basic Books.• Pert, C. & Marriott, N. (2006). Everything You Need to Feel
Go(o)d. Carlsbad, CA: Hay House.• Sapolsky, R. (1994). Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers. New York:
W.H. Freeman and Company.• Nussbaum, P. (2003). Brain Health and Wellness. Tarentum, PA:
Word Association Publishers.
Select Bibliography
• Prochaska, J., Norcross, J., & DiClemente. (1994). Changing for Good. New York: Avon Books.
• Revich, K. & Shatte, A. (2002). The Resilience Factor. New York: Broadway Books.
• Seigel, Z; Williams, J.M., & Teasdale, J. (2002). Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression. New York: Guilford Press.
• Seligman , M.E.P. (1991). Learned Optimism. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
John Weaver, Psy.D.
DirectorThe Healthy Thinking Initiative2717 N. Grandview Blvd. #303Waukesha, WI 53188(262) 544-6486
[email protected] Watch for my new book:
The Prevention of Depression(Publication Date: April 2009)
