Taking a Lens of Well-being to Work

In October of last year, the US Surgeon General issued their Framework for Workplace Mental Health & Well-Being. The framework makes sense to me because I desire to see workplaces that thrive (go beyond well-being). To move toward a thriving workplace,...

Wildlife and Wellness

I am so proud of one of my professional organizations, The Wildlife Society (TWS), for drawing awareness to the issue of wellness these past few years. My first exposure to the topic was at the Minnesota Chapter of TWS’s annual meeting in February 2019. In a session...

Team Wellness in Times of Uncertainty: Part 3

Team Wellness is not something you reach and when you get there, you no longer have to do the work. Wellness is a process. I wrote about Team Wellness in two blog posts; Part 1 and Part 2.  Today, I am going to focus on two questions that came up during a recent Team...