Hospitality professional is 2020 Student of the Year
Congratulations to Daria Andrievskaya for being the 2020 Australasian Sustainable Wellness Academy’s Student of the Year. Daria was the recipient of a part-scholarship for the Diploma of Wellness Leadership Program (hospitality industry category) in 2019. 2020 has been a challenging year for many and Daria’s journey was no exception. Originally from Russia and working full-time […]
ASWA Founder Wins 2020 International Women in Business Awards
Angela Derks, Founder CEO of the Australasian Sustainable Wellness Academy (ASWA) has been announced as the winner of the 2020 International Women in Business Silver Stevie® Award in the Most Valuable Corporate Response category for her leadership and commitment to ensure the well-being of employees, customers, and community during Covid-19. The Stevie Awards for Women […]
How to review, measure and track your wellbeing efforts
You’re committed to a healthy lifestyle to be the best version of you, but how do you know if you’re making any real progress? Taking a daily stock of your energy level, stress level, sleep quality, mindfulness and nutrition choices, is important for everyone who is trying to live a healthier life. It will help […]
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What employers need to consider about the Coronavirus Vaccine
As researchers across the world work to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, community leaders are hopeful that its creation may help facilitate an easier and quicker transition back to “normal life” while minimising the effects of the virus’s continued spread. Still, many more wonder about the safety, effectiveness, and impact of a potential immunisation. A recent […]
Survey: Current Workforce Values Mental Health and Wellbeing, Professional Development
Recently, Ernst & Young conducted their “Better You” survey to examine how employee benefits are valued by both the current and upcoming workforces. By collecting responses from 1,000 employees across different generations and 1,000 current undergraduate students in the US, they examined what benefits people favoured the most and how benefits were actually being utilised. […]
How to cultivate a healthy relationship with wellbeing and performance
Mental health and wellbeing at work needs to be much more than a box-ticking exercise. Here’s how companies are getting their people on board. Sometimes organisations take a tokenistic approach to mental health. They’ll host a morning tea around R U Okay? Day or run a one-off resilience workshop as a way to remedy rising stress levels. […]
Stop unnecessary work – for your teams’ wellbeing!
No one likes busy work. And yet, not only do we all have it, but most managers actually assign it. We all have a few of those tasks that can feel a little pointless and sometimes it’s easier to assign them out…perhaps not easier for your team though. If your team is stressed due to workload and […]
ASWA Wins GOLD in the 2019 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards®
I am delighted to share with you that the Australasian Sustainable Wellness Academy (ASWA) has been announced as the winner of the 2019 Gold Stevie® Award in the Most Innovative of the Year – Business Service Industries category in the sixth annual Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards. The Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards are the only business awards program […]
GWI calendar supports wellness integration into workplaces
We love finding and sharing tools, techniques and initiatives that cultivate healthier ways to live and work. The Global Wellness Institute recently released a new tool that hopes to encourage creation of a culture of wellness within organisations and workplaces worldwide. – the 2019 Wellness Moonshot Calendar. The GWI’s Wellness Moonshot is an initiative to […]