Grit and Grace: How to Cope With the Chaos in Which We Find Ourselves, and Why it Matters.

WWCMA WEBINAR
With Data Scientist Dr. Ron Goetzel

Grit and Grace: How to Cope With the Chaos
in Which We Find Ourselves, and Why it Matters

Thursday, January 22 / 12 PM – 1 PM ET
Members FREE / Non-Members $35

We are living in stressful times. Whether you define yourself as a Millennial or Gen Zer, your life feels like it’s in constant disarray. Daily, we are bombarded by political “breaking news.” Stories hit our collective minds — war, famine, crime, global climate change, social unrest, disease, incivility, and political divisiveness – delivered non-stop via Tik Tok, Instagram, X, Facebook, and whatever other social medium you’re addicted to. (It turns out that doom scrolling is not very helpful for maintaining mental health and well-being.)

What makes us happy then? Is it money, power, fame, stuff, and more stuff? Surely Elon, Jeff, Mark, and Donald are not role models for attaining a blissful existence.

What then? It turns out that life balance consisting of autonomy and competence, along with satisfying relationships, being comfortable with one’s income, and having a life purpose are the keys to happiness. Also important are friends, family, faith — and wait for it — work. Work can be a happy place when there is an intentional culture promoting mental health and well-being. How do you get there?

How does all this apply to the workplace? Looking at the workplace with a POE Framework helps. POE stands for Psychosocial, Organizational, and Environmental levers employers have to create a healthy and safe company culture. Add fun, and work becomes a fulfilling life experience, and of course, a way to pay bills.

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SPEAKER

Ron Z. Goetzel, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist and Director
Institute for Health and Productivity Studies (IHPS)
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Ron Goetzel is a Senior Scientist and Director of the Institute for Health and Productivity Studies (IHPS) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The mission of the IHPS is to bridge the gap between academia, the business community, and the healthcare policy world – bringing academic resources into policy debates and day-to-day business decisions and bringing worker health and productivity management concerns to academia. Before moving to Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Goetzel was on the faculty at Emory and Cornell Universities. Dr. Goetzel is responsible for leading innovative measurement and evaluation projects for healthcare purchaser, provider, government, and foundation clients engaged in cutting-edge research focused on the relationship between health and well-being, medical costs, and work-related productivity. He is an internationally recognized and widely published expert in health and productivity management (HPM), return-on-investment (ROI), program evaluation, and outcomes research. Dr. Goetzel has published well over 200 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and frequently presents at international business and scientific forums.

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PANELIST

SAUNDRA SCHROCK, PhD

CEO of Levelhead

For over 30 years, Saundra Schrock has held various executive positions within the financial services industry. One of her most rewarding and challenging roles was to manage J. P. Morgan Chase’s branch banking network of 3000 branches and over 30,000 employees. From her career beginnings as a bank teller to her role as Executive Vice President of J.P. Morgan Chase, Saundra credits much of her success to embracing the main tenets and practices of mindfulness. The dramatic impact these practices had on her life ignited her passion for sharing the practice with as many people as possible. Today Saundra is the founder and CEO of Levelhead, an organization that offers a mindfulness-based program designed for the workplace delivered via a digital engagement platform. See getlevelhead.com for more information. Saundra holds an MBA from Arizona State University and a doctorate in Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

PANELIST

CHRIS VASILIADIS, M.Ed.

National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach of Priority Wellness

Chris Vasiliadis inspires people to use their well-being as their secret weapon to successfully lead their life. As a speaker, author, and burnout-buster in her business, Priority Wellness, she specializes in helping overwhelmed and overbusy professionals to elevate their focus and vitality with systems of sanity, so they can run their days without running themselves into the ground. Chris is also the author of Ignition: A Professional Woman’s Guide to Energized, Burnout-Proof Living.

While being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis indirectly led Chris to getting trained and certified as a health coach and founding Priority Wellness in 2008, she has been relapse-free for over 15 years. She received her initial certification from Wellcoaches and was later part of the first cohort to be certified by the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching. Chris describes herself as a “recovering Type-A personality.”