Health is a Habit is a concise, practical introduction to personal health and wellness. Relevant for organizations that seek to educate and inspire their employees to create a healthy lifestyle, Health as a Habit is a simple way to help workers and their families to be healthy.

The investment the company makes by encouraging healthy lifestyles and by educating employees to learn ways to make healthy choices has many advantages and benefits. An employee health program can teach healthy habits that can reduce the risk of chronic and disabling diseases such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and stress related problems as well as workplace injuries. 

Written by health and wellness consultant Julia Massey, MA, CHES, Health is a Habit is an unpretentious workplace wellness book; an accessible read that raises awareness about how nutrition, exercise, dental care, sleep habits, smoking, addiction, and stress management impact health. 

Research reveals health care, disability, sick time and employee retention are the most expensive line-items for large and small organizations. Health as a Habit helps organizations realize significant reductions in cost and financial benefits:

• Reduce sick leave costs by 27.8%
• Reduce health costs by 28.7%
• Reduce disability costs by 33.5%
• Reduce workers compensation costs and disability claims by 33.5%
• Save $5.50 in cost for every dollar investment

One of the foundational tenets of employee wellness programs is that it is clearly better to prevent health problems than to treat them later. Promoting a healthy lifestyle decreases risk of chronic or serious disease such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and stroke. 

Meet Julia

Julie Smedley Massey is a Certified Health Education Specialist, health consultant, and lecturer.    She has degrees in psychology and counseling, has studied depth psychology at Pacifica, California as well as participating in extensive seminars at the Jung Institute, Zurich, Switzerland.

She founded Integral Health Options and has taught health education for over 25 years.  Ms. Massey has been a health consultant and presented health seminars and lectures to major corporations, small  businesses, universities, and rehabilitation institutes.  Among them are The Hyatt Corporation, Martin Marietta Corporation, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, the University of Alabama MBA Program, University of Tennessee, Detoxification and Rehabilitation Institute, and the Executive Seminar Center. She has also published health articles in numerous magazines and newspapers.

Recently she has written and published her book, “Health Is A Habit”.  Her mission is to educate, motivate, and support Individuals to create their own healthy lifestyle incorporating physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual awareness.

Praise for Health is a Habit

In "Health Is A Habit: A Primer & A Reminder to Create A Healthy Lifestyle” author Julie Massey shares much-needed practical information for becoming healthy and making lasting lifestyle changes. I recommend Julie’s advice to anyone taking steps toward better health. 

Salle Redfield, author of "Creating A Life of Joy"

As an employer, giving this book to my employees was something tangible I could do to really benefit them.  With all of us trying to keep our health-care costs down, it's a great tool full of simple, tried and true ways to lead healthier lifestyles.  Julie Massey's approach is easy to understand and implement, and I've already seen a positive impact in the lives of myself and my employees!

Aleex Conner, President, Marketing Dimensions

Health is a Habit is a remarkably clear and easy to understand book about personal health. Small changes in lifestyle make a huge difference in productivity, and Health is a Habit will inspire that change.

Regula Doggweiler. M.D., Holistic Medicine Clinician 

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