Employee Health & Wellbeing Day

What’s Next?

The fun does not end with today’s event. Check out the 956 Corporate Fitness Facility Open House on Tuesday, May 28 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

• Information can be found here.
• Or attend a Group Fitness class – Virtual and In-Person options available
• Other virtual opportunities:
  • Walk or run a mile and enter participation in the DOE mile sites and earn 1,000 VP points through May 22.
  • Connect with someone new or someone you’ve been missing (let us know at fitness@sandia.gov for VP points).
  • Try a new physical activity or one you’ve been meaning to start again (let us know at fitness@sandia.gov for VP points).
  • Join your Division Workplace Improvement Network if you want to be involved in improving the culture of your Division.
  • Complete a Wellbeats class/program – highlight for May is Mental Health Month or participate in a Cooking Demo.
  • Complete a RethinkCare session/program – Try “The Winning Attitude.”
    You can access Wellbeats and RethinkCare here on the Virgin Pulse app.
  • Take a morning or afternoon virtual fitness class.

More Offerings

Here are some more ways you can learn more about connection and community:

• Healthy Gut Program – This six-part series starting June 4 introduces the importance of gut health, reviews the digestive system and how it functions and prepares you for a 21-Day Healthy Gut Challenge.
• Thrive Series – Keep Your Calm, a five-part refresher that begins on June 5 for those who attended the Find Your Calm series. The next Find Your Calm series begins on July 10.
• NutriChat: Food & Mind Refresh – Join us on June 5 for this enlightening discussion on the intricate relationship between food and mind. Discover refreshing insights into how aligning your values with your dietary decisions can lead to greater well-being and vitality.
• Awe and Wonder – A class on June 12 in which you discover how experiencing awe can reduce feelings of stress and anxiety and deepen your sense of purpose and connection. Learn to remove roadblocks to awe and seek out the wonderful things in everyday life. Live at 825 Auditorium and live stream available.
• Cultivating Connection Series – The connections you build are key to your personal and professional health and well-being. In this five-part series, we will explore the degree to which you value, grow, and tend the relationships you have with others. Join this 45-minute introductory session on June 25 to learn more.

Have you completed your Health Action Plan yet? Don’t forget you can earn $100 in your health reimbursement account or health savings account upon completion (and so does your spouse!).

Here are some easy and great ways you can earn your employee HAP credit:

• Meeting one on one with a health coach in any of the following four areas:
  • Nourish
  • Move
  • Thrive
  • Recharge​
• Or with the automated, video based, self-guided Healthy Habits HAP.

Your spouse can earn HAP credit by participating in:

• Any quarterly Virgin Pulse HAP – Track for success (Choose ONE​ thing to track; steps, sleep or mindful minutes)
• Any Wellbeats program​
• Any RethinkCare program.

Complete your Online Health Assessment today here: Virgin Pulse link

Want more choices? Go to the HR events calendar.

Employee Assistance Program Services

Invite the EAP to your team, department, or division meeting to learn more about Sandia resources and tools for Psychological Health

Listen to the recent EAP Doc-Chat on Well-Being and Resilience Practices

You can find more information about EAP here. If you know someone you think might benefit from EAP, click here for details.

Contact the New Mexico or California direct EAP scheduling lines for confidential counseling appointments, referrals, and consultations.

New Mexico – 505-284-1562
California – 925-294-2200