Change Well by Wellness Leadership LLC

Wellness journeys are rarely direct. Each journey includes valleys, plateaus, and peaks, which require different approaches to navigate. Today's episode offers approaches for all phases of your wellness journey. Don offers practical tips from his experience. Click this link to read the associated blog and access links to other related blogs in the podcast .

Today's podcast is especially for those over 50 who want to stay functional and fit for the long haul. It is all about the Senior Fitness Test and Fitness Reaching Older Gen's developed in Southwest Nebraska Public Health agency. You can find a link to the resources here . As always, we weave in poetry, humor, and Boots the dog with the Change Well podcast. Also, hang on to the end for a s...

Most people have abandoned their New Year's resolutions.   But that does not need to be you. Switch up with new fitness routines! This podcast examines 10 fitness routines that can help keep you on goal. You can read the related blog by clicking this link. Revitalize Your Fitness Routine.

Trying to be perfect can prevent you from being better. We often think of perfectionism as a virtue, but in its extreme, it is a vice. That quest for flawlessness can stifle our growth, creativity, and happiness. This week's podcast is a true story of the vices that can occur when you constantly strive to be perfect. You will also learn how to overcome yourself and your perfectionism by being...

Happy New Year!   We at Wellness Leadership and the Change Well podcast have culled through our content to find the five best tips for those starting a wellness journey.  Hopefully, these tips will lead you to a healthier, happier New Year. Let us know your favorite tip in the poll or recommend another tip in the comment. If you want to read the associated blog, click here.

We all have memories of Christmas in our hearts that bring us joy and hopefully change well, not just on Christmas Day but every day. Today's podcast examines the history, community, and civility of a little town in NJ that brings forth the joy of the holidays and points to a better path for the future. You can read the associated blog at this link: Christmas in Crosswicks. If you like our podcast...

Your 8th-grade teacher was right! Reading, writing, and arithmetic improve your mind and boost your wellness. Learn how in today's podcast. Also, listen to my recommendations on seven books that are great for reading about wellness and self-improvement. Here is a link to blog site of Malcom Guite mentioned in the podcast. Here is a link to The Gratitude Journal that I use. Click the link if you wa...

The holidays in December can be full of stress for recovering food addicts like me.  These five tips will help you make it through December. This podcast also includes a song parody with an accompanying video on either Spotify here or YouTube here . It also includes a poem for Christmas that you can access by clicking this link: https://wellnessldr.com/2024/12/09/five-december-tips-to-manage-stres...

This is a special trailer for Season 2, Episode 2 - Five Tips to Make It Through December with Your Wellness Intact. The song is a parody of the Merle Haggard song. "If We Make It Through December" sings about the temptations and stressors that make it challenging to make it through December. The entire podcast gives five tips on overcoming temptations and stressors. #wellness #Christmas #holidays...

Are you worried you will put on a few extra pounds during Thanksgiving? Listen to Coach Don's trips and tricks to avoid extra pounds and focus on Thanksgiving: family, friends, football, and most of all, thanks. This podcast also includes a new holiday song and poem for Thanksgiving and Wellness - Turkey Burn. #thanksgiving #WW #Peloton #poems . You can view our Instagram reel with song and dance...

Check out the latest Change Well Podcast from This Wellness Podcast, which provides excerpts of the key wellness lessons Coach Don learned along his weight loss journey, losing over 150 pounds. Did I mention that he recorded this while riding a 2-hour Peloton ride? #peloton #humour #fitness #wellness These lessons can help you improve your health and your soul. This is the closing episode of Year...

This 10 - 15-minute weekly podcast provides tips and tricks for listeners to change to wellness. The lessons are based on Don, the Founder of Wellness Leadership LLC. 's experience transforming his body and soul. Weekly, Don, a retired executive, will provide practical steps to get happier and healthier from his wellness journey and those of others. Don offers reasonable, down-to-earth steps he di...

Nov 5 was a big day. It is the 22nd anniversary of my Dad, Big D, passing, and it is election day. So, in honor of my Dad, to celebrate our democracy and organize the many thoughts in my head, I will attempt what former President Trump calls the weave. #ElectionDay #LifeLessons My definition of the weave is connecting several lines of disparate thought to develop a consistent theme. Today’s weave...

I have been a curmudgeon most of my life. Fortunately, I have changed to a sunnier disposition in recent years. One critical component of that change was the development of the skill of active listening, the topic of today’s podcast. Going from crusty to collegial takes time. You have to work on active listening to become more empathetic. Developing the skill of active listening has helped me chan...

Today's podcast is all about hope—what it is, why it is important, and how to create more of it. Hope is a force multiplier. It drives us to greater heights and impels us to persevere despite the obstacles in our way.  It is the ability to see the light through darkness and drive on through pain to the promise of a brighter future. But hope is not easy, nor is it Pollyannish. Bishop Desmond Tutu g...

Today's podcast is a plea to restore civility and community to change the course of this nation. The only way to change well individually and as a country is to truly listen to each other in real-time. It feels like we’re constantly bombarded with noise—voices shouting over one another, each claiming to be correct, and no one listening. Yesterday, I turned off the news because I couldn’t take it a...

Today, October 10, 2024 is World Mental Health Day. Accordingly, our podcast focuses on the positive impact of fellowship and companionship on mental well-being and overall wellness. Numerous studies have shown the positive effects of companionship. One study found that married people have a longer life expectancy than single people: an average of 2.2 years for married men and 1.5 years for marrie...

This is the second of our two-part podcast series on change. Last week’s podcast focused on the three types of change: static, dynamic, and complex, the techniques for discerning the modification needed, and how to implement the change based on type. This week, we will examine three critical elements for managing modifications: definition and initiation, communication and monitoring, and training...

Our podcast and blog series is called Change Well. So far, we have focused on defining and discussing the second word in the title, “Well.” But today and next week’s blog will focus on the word “change.” This week, we will look at approaches to determining the needed change. Next week, we will look at critical lessons on implementing the change to achieve the desired effect. Click here to read a r...

The body is fantastic and has natural healing powers. This episode describes the body's remarkable self-healing capabilities and shares strategies, such as improved hydration, diet, vitamin D intake, exercise, and sleep, that successfully reduce inflammation and diabetes risk while enhancing immunity. Also, we read some fascinating facts related to the body from Bill Bryson's book The Body...

I read many books each year. Most books give me a point or two on transitioning and improving, which I consider an excellent ROI for a 6 – 8-hour commitment. But I would consider very few books so life-changing that I would devote a podcast to them alone.  One such book,  The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg , is one I read ten years ago. As documented in my previous blog,  The Return of Elvis: Se...

Some in the wellness industry give tracking a lousy name. Some firms even want you to buy prepackaged foods, mixes, and pills so you can avoid what they consider the mundane practice of tracking. Buy our food, lose weight, and leave the monitoring to us! Do our specific exercise routine and watch your muscles grow and your stomach shrink. Better yet, take this pill or shot, and you don’t have to e...

"Winston Churchill wrote one of my favorite mottos: “To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to change often." Keeping with the British theme, David Bowie wrote the song Changes, reflecting his need to evolve artistically. In this week's podcast, we look at how to change well, leveraging the lessons from these two people who knew the importance of purposeful change. You can read...

To achieve project success and a happy and fulfilled team, it is imperative to understand your team and let your team understand you. A project manager who is not aware of the skills of their team members and the skills required for the project will have critical gaps that surface at the most unexpected times. A team that fails to leverage its strengths and disregards its member's aspirations...

Today's podcast is about managing expectations. Proactively managing expectations is one of the most empowering things you can do for your wellness and that of others. This fosters healthy relationships and paves the way for successful outcomes in personal and professional settings, motivating and inspiring you and those around you. Proper management and understanding of others’ expectations i...