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Do you have the knowledge you need to help your organization get the best return on the time and capital invested in employee wellbeing? Are you a busy professional or C-suite leader looking to introduce wellbeing program at your work? Discover the art and science of helping organizations grow their most important resource, their people. In this podcast we discuss how organizations can utilize the potential of wellbeing programs to deliver high return on investment (ROI) to employers. We talk about the radical impact that holistic employee wellbeing programs can have on overall quality of work and productivity. We will be sharing insights on investing in human capital. Such as: 🌟 What has helped their organizations gain a competitive advantage? 🌟 How they see the future of employee wellbeing? 🌟 Misunderstandings that are out in the corporate market today 🌟 Advice to other leaders to create a happier, healthier, and more productive workplace Our guests are C-suite leaders, and wellness innovators across the value chain: HR managers, wellness champions, community wellbeing ambassadors, service vendors, and wellness consultants.

Recent Episodes

Cant vs Wont- The Hidden Cost of Corporate Constraints

How many of the walls you hit at work are real, and how many are choices dressed up as constraints? In this episode of 9 to 5 Wellness, Aesha Tahir sits down with innovation coach JL Heather, co-founder and managing partner of Centered and creator of the Can't Culture Framework, to unpack the quiet, often unintentional way teams and leaders stop trying. JL has spent 20+ years coaching senior leaders at Ford, Pfizer, T-Mobile, Wendy's, GE and HP. He shares how one stalled product launch ...

47 MIN

Everyone Wants the Results

Everyone Wants the Results, But Not the Reps Everyone wants the promotion, the finish-line photo, the big win. Very few want the early mornings, the rejected drafts and the 5:00 AM runs in the rain that come before them. This week's episode is a mindset check rather than a list of tips. A few of my clients kept bringing this up with me, so I figured a lot of you are dealing with it too. People always ask me for the "secret," whether it's weight loss, VO2 max, a marathon, a promotion or balanc...

16 MIN

Why Identity Beats Willpower Every Time

The other day, my 15-year-old son Aiden cleaned out our pantry without anyone asking him to. As he threw out the chips and crackers, he said, "I don't eat unhealthy like that anymore." I haven't stopped thinking about that sentence. He wasn't talking about a diet, a macro plan or a coach's rules. He was telling me who he is now. In this episode, I look at why so many health goals fail when willpower runs out, and why changing how you see yourself is the most underused tool you have. I draw on...

22 MIN

Why Your VO2 Max Matters More Than Your Step Count

If you could track one number that shows how long and how well you'll live, it would be your VO2 max. In this episode of the 9 to 5 Wellness podcast, I'm diving into VO2 Max: what it is, why researchers treat it as a longevity biomarker, and how busy professionals can raise it. Many of my clients and patients put it this way: "I don't feel old, and I want to stay this way." If that sounds like you, start here. In this episode, you'll learn: What VO2 max is, and why it's also called your aerob...

20 MIN

Question and Answer - Core Muscles and Health Fatigue

It's a listener Q&A episode — two questions, no fluff. First: why core muscles don't show up no matter how hard you train them. Second: why "doing everything right" for your health can still leave you completely exhausted. Key takeaways Ab definition is a body-fat story, not just a training storyYou can't out-crunch a bad diet"Toned" isn't a separate physiological state — it's muscle plus low body fat, earned slowlyHealth fatigue isn't a motivation problem, it's a systems-overload problem...

14 MIN