{"id":1772,"date":"2011-04-05T06:53:54","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T10:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifewithhappiness.com\/?p=1772"},"modified":"2018-10-02T13:36:49","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T17:36:49","slug":"stress-i-cant-stop-thinking-about-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2011\/04\/stress-i-cant-stop-thinking-about-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Stress: I can&#8217;t stop thinking about this!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago I learned about what the healthcare community refers to as The Big Four.\u00a0 These are the four behavioral concerns that drive cause and thus Cost in the healthcare system, and which lie at the heart of Wellness.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Top Four Drivers of Chronic Disease and Healthcare Cost in the US<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">1. Food choices and Portion size<br \/>\n2. Tobacco<br \/>\n3. Physical Inactivity<br \/>\n4. Stress<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The statistics, from a study conducted by the Cleveland Clinic and supported by <a href=\"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/files\/2018\/10\/Towers-Watson-Global-Medical-Trends-Svy-Rpt.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">meta-study of Global Medical Trends<\/a>\u00a0conducted by Towers Watson, show that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Poor employee health habits is the leading factor driving medical cost in the US <\/strong>(and it&#8217;s the lowest factor globally!)<\/li>\n<li><strong>75% of Chronic Disease in the US <\/strong>is driven or aggravated by combinations of these four factors<br \/>\nand Chronic Disease accounts for:<\/li>\n<li><strong>81% of hospital stays <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>91% of prescription drugs<\/strong>, and<\/li>\n<li><strong>76% of Office Visits<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now, I&#8217;m not a nutritionist, tobacco activist, or personal trainer\/physical therapist&#8230; but I AM steeped in the conversation of leadership and positive emotion, and suddenly I&#8217;m seeing a whole new world of opportunity.<br \/>\nBecause, you see, <strong>Stress management is at the heart of this. <\/strong>What do you do when you&#8217;re stressed?\u00a0 You eat too much and the &#8220;wrong&#8221; stuff.\u00a0 You light up.\u00a0 You sit on your couch and watch the telly.\u00a0 And what do you do when you overindulge in junk food, skip your walk, or start smoking?\u00a0 You get more stressed.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a self-fueling spiral.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maybe now we can restart the conversation. <\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Instead of stress management, mindfulness activities, and self-care being &#8220;nice to have&#8221; tools for the marginally wierd, maybe&#8230; just maybe&#8230; the enormous expense that we can now associate with the Inability to Manage Stress will start to bring the conversation of happiness and responsible leadership into a whole new light. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Specifically, happier employeess COST LESS MONEY. <\/strong>and better leaders create HAPPIER EMPLOYEES.\u00a0 Funny, when we speak of positive culture improving productivity, everybody SAYS they &#8220;get it&#8221;&#8230; but nothing changes.\u00a0 I wonder what will happen as the conversation about the impact of Stress collides with the conversation about out-of-control healthcare expense at 20% of GDP?<\/p>\n<p><strong>I can&#8217;t stop thinking about this.\u00a0 I&#8217;m still not sure what to do with it&#8230; but it feels huge. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago I learned about what the healthcare community refers to as The Big Four.  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