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Upcoming Events: Richland Hospital Ladies Night Out
An evening to reduce stress, laugh, and learn! Monday Evening, June 16, 2014 Richland Center Community/Senior Center 5010 N Orange Street, Richland Center, WI Join us at 4:30 pm, Keynote Speaker at 7:00 pm. And for those who want to participate, we will end the evening with a sunset walk hosted by Richland Fit. Come and Join Us for 2014 Ladies Night Out Enjoy Eliz Greene’s Presentation Tables filled with information from local businesses Snacks and refreshments A sunset walk hosted by Richland Fit Grab a friend, mother, sister or daughter and Join Us on June 16th! See more here. Thank you to our sponsors Richland Hos...
Source: Embrace Your Heart Wellness Initiative - May 16, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eliz Greene Tags: Award Winning Blog Events & Media Hospital Event Upcoming Events Source Type: blogs

5 Reasons To Love The Fitbit
What is so great about the Fitbit? Eliz expresses her deep, abiding, geeky love for the fitness tool, Fitbit. Five Reasons To Love the Fitbit: It’s easy to use and durable It tracks so much more than steps including sleep, amount of water you drink, and calories eaten. Tons of geeky data!! The silent alarm is awesome. Woo Hoo! It helps you celebrate your healthy habits. Watch the video for more details and check out the product links below. Spend most of your day behind a desk or sitting in meetings – Well At Work was designed for you.  Get 5 things you can do, right now, today – to feel better, stres...
Source: Embrace Your Heart Wellness Initiative - April 15, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eliz Greene Tags: Award Winning Blog Heart Health fitness tips Product Reviews Source Type: blogs

Happiness Day
What makes you happy? Today, March 20, 2014, is International Day of Happiness! The United Nations have come together to reclaim happiness: Advertisers tell us that happiness comes from buying and consuming their products. Celebrities and the media pretend it comes with beauty & fame. And politicians claim that nothing matters more than growing the economy. We could point to many studies showing how wrong this all is: lasting happiness does not come from what we consume, how we look or how much we earn. But, let’s be honest, you probably knew that already! Have you had enough of being made to feel poor in a wo...
Source: Embrace Your Heart Wellness Initiative - March 20, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eliz Greene Tags: Award Winning Blog Heart Health Stress Less Happiness Strategies stress management Source Type: blogs

How Well Are You Juggling?
Today Eliz is presenting Juggling Stress at West Georgia Health’s Heart Truth Luncheon and asks, How Well Are You Juggling? Are you managing the stress of work and home well, or feeling overwhelmed? Here is a quick quiz to help you gauge your stress level. How often do you feel compelled to take on every task that comes your way? Most of the time Some of the time Hardly Ever How often do you step in if someone isn’t getting the job done well enough? Most of the time Some of the time Hardly Ever How often do you find it hard to focus on the important things because there are so many things to keep track o...
Source: Embrace Your Heart Wellness Initiative - February 20, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eliz Greene Tags: Award Winning Blog Events & Media Heart Health Stress Less Hospital Event Juggling Lessons for Life stress management Source Type: blogs

Busy Woman’s Guide TV: Stress Management
The Busy Woman’s Guide to a Healthy Heart is hosted by Eliz Greene and produced by Ty Bergeron at MPTV channel 10/36 in Milwaukee. This episode focuses on stress management with guests Berni Xiong, the Shin Kicking Life Spark and Health and Wellness Speaker Wendy Naarup. Life is not about perfection. It is about moving in the right direction. What tips did you take away to help you on your own path to wellness? Please share in a comment below, or feel free to ask a question of our experts! (Source: Embrace Your Heart Wellness Initiative)
Source: Embrace Your Heart Wellness Initiative - February 15, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eliz Greene Tags: Award Winning Blog Events & Media Heart Health Berni Xiong Ty Bergeron Wendy Naarup Source Type: blogs

Juggling Stress In Saginaw
Today I’m presenting Juggling Stress at a Women’s Wellness Event as part of Covenant HealthCare’s 28 Days/28 Way for a Healthy Heart in February.  True to form, I’m juggling home and travel. I often joke about how as women we often need to figure out what other people are going to eat to be able to go out and do something for ourselves. Were you in the audience tonight? What did you have to juggle to be here? Please share in a comment below! Share your biggest take-away and download the Move Your Bootie: Exercise Tips for the Non-Exerciser (click on the image below) Motivational Wellness Speaker E...
Source: Embrace Your Heart Wellness Initiative - February 11, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eliz Greene Tags: Award Winning Blog Events & Media Stress Less Juggling Lessons for Life stress management Source Type: blogs

Take A Stand For Your Health
Don’t Just Sit There! Heading to the gym every morning may not be enough if you sit at your desk all day!  Recent studies show among people who exercise regularly, those who sit most of the day have larger waists and higher blood pressure, blood sugar, and lipid levels than people who don’t. Americans spend up to 90% of their waking hours just sitting. In fact, office and administration employees spend approximately 80,000 hours of their working life sitting down. People who sit for 4 or more hours per day double their risk of heart disease. The enzyme responsible for burning fat shuts down as soon as you take a seat....
Source: Embrace Your Heart Wellness Initiative - January 22, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eliz Greene Tags: Award Winning Blog Heart Health Productivity benefits of standing Productivity Tips standing desk Well At Work Source Type: blogs

Not My Job
Did You Make A New Years Resolution? I didn’t. Why not set a theme for the year, rather than making yet another New Years Resolution? Years ago I gave up making New Years Resolutions.  They don’t work for me.  I have, however, developed a habit of choosing a word or phrase to be a theme for the year. Last year it was UNCOMFORTABLE. I challenged myself to do things that made me uncomfortable, because growth does not come from comfort.  Discomfort is a signal of dealing with challenge. Did it work?  Yes. I am in the process of launching a new product. Scary I joined a mastermind group with people so smart and m...
Source: Embrace Your Heart Wellness Initiative - January 8, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eliz Greene Tags: Award Winning Blog Heart Health Stress Less goal setting New Years Resolutions Source Type: blogs

Heart Month and March Events
Guess What!? Eliz may be speaking in a town near you! We often joke how hard it is to get a good picture of Eliz in action! This is just an example of how animated her presentations are.. want to see for yourself? In the next few months she will be speaking in Connecticut, Minnesota, Georgia, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Check out the upcoming public events below. Planning an event in the next few months? If Eliz can combine trips, she is happy to make a deal for you! Private events are scheduled in Yorktown, Illinois, Mauston, Wisconsin, and Morton, Minnesota. February 11, 2014: Saginaw, MI Covenant Center for the Heart Annua...
Source: Embrace Your Heart Wellness Initiative - January 5, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eliz Greene Tags: Award Winning Blog Source Type: blogs

Embrace a Sense of Humor: THE PITCH
My husband returned from physical therapy today asking, “Where is The Pitch picture?” Suspicious of his intentions, I asked why he would want it.  Evidently he shared the story with his therapist, to the therapist’s great delight.  For years I’ve been telling the story – and always say Clay thinks it is funnier than I do… he probably tells it better too.  I figured, why not share it again? THE PITCH: Embrace A Sense Of Humor When the girls were about 9 months old, I was asked to throw out the first pitch at a major league baseball game. Even with all my dance training, I have never been particularly ...
Source: Embrace Your Heart Wellness Initiative - December 17, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eliz Greene Tags: Award Winning Blog Events & Media Stress Less Laughter and stress relief Source Type: blogs

Standing Meetings
How much time do you spend in meeting each week? Are Too Many Meetings Hurting Your Health? American workers report wasting nearly 3 hours per week in meetings. Nearly 50% of people report “too many meetings” as the biggest time waster at work. All of these meetings can have an impact on your waist as well.  Sitting more than 4 hours per day can double your risk of heart disease. Why not increase your productivity while doing something good for your heart? Have a Standing Meeting! No, not a meeting scheduled at the same time every week… a meeting where you stand up… the whole time! The standing mee...
Source: Embrace Your Heart Wellness Initiative - December 10, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eliz Greene Tags: Award Winning Blog Heart Health Productivity Tips Well At Work Source Type: blogs

New Cardiovascular Prevention Guidelines
What do the new heart disease prevention guidelines mean? The public health impact of cardiovascular disease motivated the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology to release updated guidelines for the prevention of heart disease and stroke. The goal is to help Americans reduce risk and live longer healthier lives. The guidelines result from an extensive review of hundreds of clinical research studies by experts in the field of cardiology and public health sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Check out what the new guidelines could mean for you in Eliz’s articles on Ans...
Source: Embrace Your Heart Wellness Initiative - December 4, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eliz Greene Tags: Award Winning Blog Heart Health American Heart Association cardiovascular risk heart disease prevention Heart Disease Risk Factors Women and Heart Disease Source Type: blogs

Healthy Holiday Tips: Stress Management
Anyone else feel like you are at the top of the roller coaster ride just waiting for the mad free fall into the holiday season? November and December always seem busy and full of commitments.  With Thanksgiving smack up against Chanukah this year, for many it is probably even worse than usual. So, how do you get some control? How do you keep the focus on what is truly important? How do you keep the stress of the holidays at bay? Here are some healthy holiday tips: Make other plans.  No kidding. Right now. Open your calendar and mark every available evening and weekend with “Plans”.  That way when you receiv...
Source: Embrace Your Heart Wellness Initiative - November 8, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eliz Greene Tags: Award Winning Blog Stress Less healthy holiday tips stress management Source Type: blogs

Is Your Goal Reasonable?
Concrete and reasonable goals are more achievable! While developing an intake questionnaire for my coaching clients, I have fallen in love with these two questions: Is your goal reasonable in the time allowed and with your current commitments? How will you measure your success? Think about it. How often do we set goals that are too vague to measure, or too ambitious to complete? I’m going to lose weight. I’m going to get more sleep. I’m going to get more exercise. I’m going to be less stressed. I’m going to lose 60 pounds before January 1. I’m going to get 8 hours of sleep each night. I...
Source: Embrace Your Heart Wellness Initiative - October 23, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eliz Greene Tags: Award Winning Blog Heart Health Stress Less goal setting healthy resolutions leadership and stress volunteer stress Source Type: blogs

Celebrate What Is
It’s odd.  Sometimes we need to hear our own words. “Instead of worrying about what I expect it to be, I learned to be grateful for what is.” Eliz Greene Recently, I had the pleasure of being a guest on The Shut Up Show discussing fear and the moment you decide to shut up and move on.  In daily life, I don’t spend much time thinking about what happened to me nearly 13 years ago, but hosts Phil Gerbyshak and Berni Xiong challenged me to share deeply. Watch the interview here: Navigating the busy days, it is easy to lose sight of the good stuff.  How much time do you spend thinking about the things that didn’t ...
Source: Embrace Your Heart Wellness Initiative - October 8, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eliz Greene Tags: Award Winning Blog Stress Less stress management The Shut Up Show Source Type: blogs