Sarita Rodriguez, INHC

You know you should eat well, move your body, get enough sleep, drink water, and manage your stress. So why can taking care of yourself still feel so difficult? For many busy professionals, the problem isn't a lack of information. It's trying to fit healthy habits into a life that is already full. Between meetings, deadlines, travel, family responsibilities, and everything else competing for your attention, wellness can quickly become another item on an overwhelming to-do list. That's why I...

For years, workplace wellness has often been packaged as a collection of benefits: a fitness challenge, a meditation app, an occasional nutrition seminar, a step competition, or perhaps a wellness week once a year. These initiatives may be well-intentioned. But employee wellbeing is more complex than simply giving people access to another wellness resource. As employers face rising healthcare costs, workplace stress, burnout, and increasing expectations around employee wellbeing, the...

For many people, health becomes a priority when something goes wrong. We schedule the appointment when we don't feel well. We change our diet when our lab work comes back concerning. We finally address stress when we are exhausted, overwhelmed, or struggling to sleep. But what if we stopped thinking about health as something we manage only when there is a problem? This is where preventative health begins. As an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, yoga teacher, and Ayurvedic Specialist, I look...