Welcome to the Coaching + Culture program, a groundbreaking approach to employee wellness. This program gives you access to a range of health and wellness materials, including unlimited health coaching, live group classes, monthly challenges and on-demand programming that allows you to start and complete programs at your own pace. Here you will also find helpful recipes and information on how to listen to our two wellness-centered podcasts.
These materials are designed to meet your individual needs, and they cover a diverse range of topics, including self care, sleep guidance, stress management, nutrition and more.
1-on-1 Health & Wellness Coaching Sessions
Health and wellness coaching sessions are designed with you in mind, offering flexible scheduling to support your lifestyle. You can meet with your coach as often as you need.
Your coach can provide personalized guidance on wellness topics, including:
- Exercise
- Nutrition
- Sleep Guidance
- Stress Management
- Tobacco Cessation
- Weight Management
These monthly wellness challenges focus on your well-being one day at a time. Once registered, you will receive a tracker that will help you stay on top of your goals. Then, at the end of your monthly challenge, you will submit your tracker to complete the challenge.
If you are participating as part of an employer incentive program, trackers must be submitted within one week of the challenge ending.
January - Shake the Sugar
Kick your sugar habit goodbye! This challenge is about eliminating added sugar from your diet. This does not include natural sugars, like those found in whole foods like fruits and vegetables. Why 21 days? Studies show it takes 21 days to make or break a habit. We are what we repeatedly do and when we practice a “no added sugar or reduced sugar” diet for 21 days, we are starting a new habit and working on improving ourselves inside and out.
Please complete the pre-session survey before starting this program.
Please complete the post-session survey after completing this program.
February - Heart Challenge
Join this challenge to develop simple, heart-healthy habits. Learn how everyday decisions promote cardiovascular health and cholesterol management. Receive a monthly tracker that offers daily tips and challenges to foster whole heart health awareness.
March - March Madness
Prepare your brackets! This individual challenge enables you to focus on your wellness while following the live NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Track advancing teams after each round and complete activities promoting all wellness dimensions. Whether you’re supporting a specific team, enthusiastic about basketball or unfamiliar with March Madness, all are welcome!
April - Spring Clean Your Life
April signals the ideal time for self-reflection and reorganization. Participate in this 30-day challenge to spring clean your life. Cultivate awareness of how daily routines and environments influence you, and leverage this insight for self-improvement.
May - Here & Now Mindfulness
Are you lacking motivation? Struggling to keep up? Feeling frenzied at all hours of the day? Maybe it’s time you learned to be more mindful by participating in our latest wellness challenge. Here & Now is a four-week challenge that inspires you to practice mindfulness at regular intervals throughout the day. As you track your activity, you gain insight on what strategies help you to live in the moment.
June, July & August - Strides
Stay active and accountable this summer! Join this 12-week challenge, starting June 2, as you bike, swim or walk to track your mileage throughout the summer to reach your personal goal. Weekly health topics will also be sent to help keep you motivated.
Email our team to register for this challenge by May 29, 2025
September - Health & Safety Bingo
This fall, join this challenge to learn about fall health and safety tips and practices.
Email our team to register for this challenge by August 28, 2025
October - Healthy Halloween Countdown
As we enter the month of October, it's an ideal time to engage in Halloween festivities and establish new wellness objectives. Join this monthly challenge and explore exciting and achievable challenges and daily activities that will guide you towards enhanced health and wellness and have fun. Weekly tips and a tracker will be provided with diverse activities each day.
November & December - Stick to it Holiday Challenge
As we ring in the holidays, we often put our healthy habits on hold. Our latest wellness challenge will help you stick to your healthy routine at the busiest time of the year. This challenge allows you to select your wellness priorities and track how you are “Sticking to it!"
December - Health & Nutrition
12 days of Christmas health and nutrition. Embark on the 12 days of Christmas health and nutrition challenge building on our understanding of the gut-brain connection. Join this engaging initiative exploring foods that bolster mental and gut well-being via daily emails aligned with the 12 days of Christmas theme.
These on-demand health and well-being programs can be started whenever you would like, and they include video sessions to watch, homework to complete and a post-session survey to fill out. All materials are presented by a credentialed Bellin Health professional.
If you are participating as part of an employer incentive program, you must complete all homework and fill out the post-session survey after each session.
Beat the Pack
Nicotine products are extremely detrimental to your health. This eight-week program teaches you why these products are so addictive, and you will learn tools to help you quit for good.
Please complete the post-session survey after watching each video session.
Video Sessions
Homework:
- Introduction - Initial Survey
- Session 1 - Pages 1-4, Pages 6-13
- Session 2 - Pages 1-4, Pages 6-13, Page 14, Pages 15-20
- Session 3 - Pages 25-33
- Session 4 - Pages 34-40
- Session 5 - Pages 42-50
- Session 6 - Page 51
- Session 7 - Pages 52-58
- Session 8 - Pages 59-65
To receive credit for completing this program, please email your completed homework to our team each week.
Big Little Things
In this six-week program, you explore all dimensions of well-being and how the combination of them leads to a healthy and fulfilling life.
Please complete the pre-session survey before starting this program.
Please complete the post-session survey after watching each video session.
Please complete the post-program survey after you finish the entire program.
Cholesterol Crunchers
We hear a lot about cholesterol, but what is it and why should we care about it? In this 12-week program, you will learn more about where cholesterol comes from and what you can do to manage it to lessen our chances of chronic diseases.
Please complete the post-session survey after watching each video session.
Video Sessions
Eat Right for Life
There are so many diet and food trends, how do we know what is really the best choices for our health? In this 13-week program, Bellin Health registered dietitians show you how to embrace a lifestyle that will have you eating right for life.
Please complete the post-session survey after watching each video session.
Video Sessions
Get Healthy, Get Moving
A healthy lifestyle includes eating nutritious foods and moving your body. In this 12-week program, you learn about the key elements to healthy eating and different exercises to strengthen and tone your body.
Please fill out the "Get Healthy, Get Moving" tracker for each week and email it to Julie Johnson.
Video Sessions
Good Night's Sleep - Live Class in April
On-Demand Program
A good night’s sleep is vital to a healthy lifestyle, yet many of us are not getting what we need. In this seven-week program, you will learn the importance of getting good sleep and what to do if you are having trouble sleeping.
Please complete the post-session survey after watching each video session.
Video Sessions
Post-Session Survey
Live Class: April 7 to May 12, Mondays 5:30 to 6 p.m.
On average, one-third of our lives are spent sleeping, yet many fail to prioritize it. Join our six-week program to discover expert tools and practices for establishing healthy boundaries and consistently achieving restful nights.
Live Well, Live Longer - Live Class in January
Discover healthy habits including eating, hydration, physical activity, sleep and mindful eating.
Please complete the post-session survey after you finish the entire program.
Live Class: January 6 to February 24, Mondays 5:30 to 6 p.m.
Email our team to register for this challenge by January 3, 2025
Please complete the pre-session survey before starting this program.
Please complete the post-session survey after completing this program.
Mental Health Moments
Mental health is an important part of overall well-being. Each series is a 12-week program that features videos of Bellin Health Licensed Behavior Health Therapist Charles LaTorre and Health & Wellbeing Consultant Linda Golik. They explore tips and tools to improve mental health and resiliency. This program includes discussion guides that can be used with a group or individually to deepen learning and understanding.
You can complete one or both series depending on your preference. They do not need to both be completed, and you do not have to complete series one in order to do series two.
Please complete the post-session survey after watching each video session.
Series One Video Sessions
Road to Wellness
Do you look at wellness as a journey or a destination? In this six-week program, you will learn about the six pillars of lifestyle medicine and how you can integrate these pillars to become your healthiest self.
Please complete the post-session survey after watching each video session.
Video Sessions
Self-Care Essentials - Live Class in September
On-Demand Program
There are many illnesses out there that can take a toll on our health. How do you know when you should seek medical care? In this eight-week program, you will learn some of the self-care tools you can use on your own to treat common ailments and when it is time to seek care.
Please complete the post-session survey after watching each video session.
Video Sessions
Live Class: September 8 to October 27, Mondays 5:30 to 6 p.m.
This virtual program will help you manage your own health care and learn ways to live well. You will find information to help you and your loved ones better manage conditions associated with not feeling well or when to seek care for a variety of conditions.
Stop Stress This Minute
In this eight-week program, you learn tools to help manage your stress and why it is important to have them.
Please complete the pre-session survey before starting this program.
Please complete the post-session survey after watching each video session.
Video Sessions
Please complete the post-program survey after you finish the entire program.
Recipes
Bellin Health Podcasts
Linda Golik is a Wellbeing Consultant at Bellin Health. She hosts podcasts called Prescription for Life and Mental Health Moments. She shares resources and professional advice on emotional wellbeing, stress management, and more.
Mental Health Moments
In response to today’s new reality and the changes in our everyday lives, Bellin Health Wellbeing Consultant, Linda Golik and Bellin Health Licensed Behavior Health Therapists team up each month to offer Mental Health Moments. Each 45-minute segment offers expert guidance on a relevant emotional health topic along with answers to viewers’ questions.
Prescription for Life
You don’t need to pick up this prescription from your local pharmacy. “Prescription for Life” from Bellin Health, hosted by Linda Golik, Health & Wellbeing Consultant offers a monthly dose of resources from Lifestyle Medicine experts in nutrition, fitness sleep, stress management and more with topics that matter to you!
