As a life and wellness coach and consultant and owner of a wellness salon and spa I know that personal growth and positive energy is vital to the health of an organization. My employees have sales and performance goals like every other company but we are not like every other company, we are a wellness company and in order to provide wellness services we need to establish our own personal wellness foundation for health and balance. I created the Be*A*Better*You* program and had it trade marked. The acronym is BABY and our employees in the company are learning a lot about themselves and their co workers. Read below:
Be*A*Better*You*™
The B*A*B*Y* program for personal growth really looks at putting yourself first. If that sounds selfish it isn’t. You must get your own needs met before you can be of service to others. Babies are very much in touch with their needs, hunger, discomfort, loneliness etc. Adults, not so much…We may think that we are still hungry after a full meal, push through discomfort, smoke or drink too much when we are lonely or anxious instead of choosing a healthy nurturing way to take care of ourselves. If you had a good care-giver (like a mom) then you were comforted when upset, fed nutritious meals when you were hungry, and were shown affection and encouragement.
For most of us we tend to listen to our inner critic and suppress the healthy nurturing instinct to treat ourselves with love and compassion. Remember before flights the cabin attendant instructs you to put the mask on your own face during a drop in cabin pressure before helping others. As a coach I know that positive growth can occur with inspiration, accountability and permission to practice kindness and self care. I divided our employees into teams with captains who have had specific coaching and instruction. How do we measure this process? We begin to look at the way that we interact with the following:
Character, Circle, Community, Company, Country, Cosmos
Character is our idea of self. Do we treat this concept of self with care, concern, compassion, charity and consideration?
Circle is considered our inner circle, the folks we live with, family, friends and loved ones. How do we treat the members of our inner circle?
Community can be considered our faith community where we gather and worship, and or, our neighborhoods and organizations where we belong.
Company is where we work and make a living so that we can make a life. It includes co-workers and clients.
Country for us is the United States of America. Are we good citizens? Being a good citizen requires more than following national, state and local laws.
Cosmos is global, universal and unending. Do you know about the butterfly effect? What am I doing for the universe, world and future generations?
Set goals for each area above. Those should be small and may be interrelated. Recycling positively impacts Character, Community, Company, Country and Cosmos.
I picked up after a family member may be recorded under Circle.
I meditated or prayed for 15 minutes record under all the C’s.
I exercised today for 20 minutes- record under Character.
I relaxed and read for two hours- Character and maybe Circle if that practice makes you a nicer YOU for your circle.
You are getting the idea-cool- Make certain that you RECORD and REPORT TO YOUR CAPTAIN. POSITIVE REPORTS ARE NOT LIMITED TO YOUR GOAL AREAS AND NEED TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE GOOD THAT YOU DO ☺ At the end of two months we tabulate reports and celebrate success!
Be*A*Better*You*™
This program is based on comprehensive human behavior and cognitive behavior research. If your company or organization is interested in trying this program I will be glad to provide the information to you free of charge in exchange for your results for my publication. Contact me at karenkiss1@aol.com