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Employers are paying more than ever for employee healthcare, from small businesses to multinational corporations. This isn’t anything new – healthcare costs have been steadily rising for years. It’s estimated that in the next two years, employer healthcare costs will...

More and more physicians and healthcare providers have come to understand the link between emotional health and physical health. The two have a complex interplay of effects that either improve or worsen the other. For example, a back injury causes pain. The pain...

The race to reduce or reverse chronic diseases and reduce the resulting healthcare costs associated with these conditions is a marathon, not a sprint. Chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and obesity for the most part take years to manifest into...

Old habits die hard, especially ones that we’ve slowly built up over years. Like smoking, eating something sweet after meals or watching our favorite Netflix show in the evening when we know we should be going for a walk or exercising. We may even be diagnosed with a...

Have you been experiencing more headaches, stomach problems or trouble sleeping? Your body may be trying to tell you something. You may be stressed out – even if you don’t realize it. Often nagging symptoms like difficulty sleeping, loss of appetite, nausea,...

Emotional health – how we process and react to our daily emotions – is the underpinning for mental and physical health. And according to recent statistics, the population of the U.S. and world are less emotionally healthy than ever. According to the most recent data...

There is a wave of healthcare spending and costs about to hit that will continue into the coming years. No, these costs aren’t due to COVID-19 vaccinations or COVID-related hospitalizations. In fact, these costs will be incurred because we’re getting a handle on the...

What exactly is evidence-based coaching for behavioral change? It’s a great question, especially since the word “coach” has been applied to almost every word in the dictionary: sports coaches, life coaches, health coaches, wellness coaches, investing coaches,...

Digital health technology is changing the future of healthcare in the same disruptive and all-encompassing ways as the automobile changed travel and the internet revolutionized information. As part of the information revolution, digital behavioral health platforms are...

The greatest challenge to creating positive health changes is overcoming the emotional barriers to change. Whether it’s for an individual or employee population, creating healthy changes often meets resistance, even if it’s a matter of life or death. Though it’s well...