If there was any question before, the fact is now evident: the era of social media has arrived. A great little video that demonstrates this full-force can be viewed here… wow!

With all of that (and more!) in mind, we’ve been taking steps to leverage social media be accessible and stay connected to our clients, customers, and friends… as well as helping them connect with one another. Of course, there is no one-size-fits-all in these sorts of things, so please see below for links to our various pages on LinkedIn, Facebook & Twitter. Wherever you choose, whenever you like, you can follow us, friend us, share us with your friends, and make friends with our friends! There’s truly nothing like having a supportive community in which to share ideas, information, and great conversation…

Happy networking!

For a listing of all upcoming Attentive Health LLC events, check out our new events registration page by clicking here on EventBrite, where you can also subscribe to receive notices of all future postings.

In the meantime, here’s a list of our newly-scheduled events:

• WEBINAR on February 18th (10:00 - 11:00 a.m.)
  Wellness Programs on an Unhealthy Budget

• LUNCHEONS in the Greater Philadelphia area (11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.)
  Good Health Is Good Business: Reduce current & future costs by managing behavior and lifestyle risks in your workforce

  February 25th @ Revivals Restaurant, Perkasie PA
  March 25th @ The Drafting House, Ambler PA
  March 29th @ McCoole’s Red Lion Inn, Quakertown PA

Feel free to invite your friends or colleagues, and as always, please contact us with any questions or comments. We look forward to seeing you!

Attentive Health, LLC is pleased to announce our affiliation with the U.S. Wellness Chamber of Commerce and our role in educating the public about the unique opportunities for both employers and health & wellness professionals through the Healthy People 2010 Grant. With responsibilities in both Risk Management and Health Coaching, we’re honored to be part of the Chamber’s leadership team and lend our support to this national initiative as the first provider in the Greater Philadelphia area.

For employers, the grant makes best-practice wellness programming available with no investment required by the employer. The program includes an onsite program kickoff/launch meeting for employees, Health Risk Assessments for employees and spouses, basic biometric data collection, a follow-up meeting with a certified health coach, monthly lunch & learn seminars, annual ROI reporting, and the option to add additional intervention services (employee-paid). The grant is primarily focused on providing these services to small and mid-sized businesses, but larger employers are also welcome to participate. More information is available on the Healthy People 2010 Grant website.

To enroll or learn more about how you or your company can get involved in this rapidly-growing program, please contact us.

We’ve officially joined “The Conversation”. Follow us on Twitter for info on Corporate Wellness, the ongoing Health Care Debate, tweets of interest to leaders and HR professionals, and the occasional health & well-being tip.

Able Magazine featured Part II of our article in their September issue. Click here for a direct link.

You may also want to get ahead of the curve and put the film Food Inc. in your Netflix cue (it comes to DVD in November). Like any documentary, it has it’s moments of hyperbole, but all-in-all, opens up a much-needed debate about the real price of food, and what we can do about it.

Our “Food vs. Dollar” article was published in the August edition of Able Magazine. Click here to read the article and learn a bit more about how to be a budget-wise but healthy consumer. While you’re at it, peruse the magazine in it’s entirety — several thought-provoking articles and lots of great info!

Denise G. Lantz (President & Founder, Attentive Health LLC) & Elizabeth N. Lawton (President & Founder, Nutritious Harmony LLC)

Attentive Health LLC is pleased to announce the launch of a partnership with Nutritious Harmony LLC, a Washington D.C.-based wellness company and consultant to various organizations inside the “beltway”. Nutritious Harmony’s latest project is to provide employee and leadership training at US Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) in the Washington Navy Yard. Attentive Health has been contracted to develop and facilitate the leadership portion of that training, a program dubbed ”Operation YOU”.

“Operation YOU” has been specifically designed to engage leadership in the process of personal health transformation, while also attuning them to the needs of their entire organization. It has been said that great leaders are stewards of productive, positive energy, both in themselves and in those around them. Attentive Health’s program aims to increase and facilitate exactly that within the culture of NAVSEA. The first segment of the 6-month/6-module training course is titled “Mission Engagement” and was delivered on June 19, 2009 to the first group of NAVSEA leaders, including the admiral who is leading the initative.

In some ways, this has been a bit of a “coming home” for Attentive Health President & Founder, Denise Lantz, who grew up on Naval bases throughout the US & abroad over the course of her father’s career as a Navy Chaplain. It also marks another step forward in Attentive Health’s mission to incorporate wellness into the busy lives of modern, everyday people.

“Eating Healthy on a Budget” has been the topic of two recent Attentive Health workshops — first on July 1 to employees of Lacher & Associates in Souderton, PA and again on July 9th to members of the Lower Bucks County chapter of “Powerful You!”, a local women’s networking group. During a tough economy, these sorts of topics are always apropos, but in this case, the information turned out to be timely in another sense: helping attendees learn more about the real cost of food.

As it turns out, Denise Lantz, who presented the workshops, happened to be in Washington D.C. during the debut of the documentary film “Food, Inc.” — an attempt to raise awareness among the general public about the nature of the US food industry. While films of this nature are inherently biased on some level, there is something to be said for the points the film makes about hidden costs and unintended consequences of mass food production in the United States. Everything from food safety and health concerns to economic debates and political issues are covered by the film’s producers.

The bottom line? Try not to be penny wise and pound foolish. Among the many cost-saving tips are reminders of how fortunate we are these days, ways to be smart about how we spend our food dollars, and a call to vote with our forks for better quality food in the future… good common sense information that we can all benefit from.

Attentive Health LLC had the honor of presenting “Wellness in the Workplace” to the Eastern Montgomery Chamber of Commerce Women’s Networking Group on June 24, 2009. The meeting was hosted by the Briarbush Nature Center in Abington and approximately 30 professional women from around the area were in attendance.

We’re pleased to announce the launch of our new website and corporate brand design, courtesy of our friends at Able Design.

Click here to read an article about the process.