Stay healthy at home
We are now offering virtual fitness classes live on the BCBSRI Facebook page at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Join us to learn more about our 2021 plan options conveniently from the comfort of your own home.
This webinar is for everyone, regardless of any personal experience with mental health conditions. Participants will learn to assess and optimize their state of mental well-being and help others to do the same. They will learn about common, but lesser-known mental health conditions and how to maximize mental well-being through self-care techniques and strategies.
Being overweight or obese increases risk of developing many diseases, including Type 2 Diabetes, heart disease and some types of cancer. During this seminar, participants will discover the secrets to success: 1) Identify what you eat; 2) Identify what to eat; 3) Make better choices for life. Eating moderate portions and building in physical activity will also be discussed as the best ways to lose weight and keep it off.
Want to stay sharp as you age? In this webinar, participants will learn the benefits of participating in mental stimulating activities and learn about lifestyle strategies they can adopt stimulate brain growth, maximize their memory potential and stay on top of their intellectual game.
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Join BCBSRI Behavioral Health team for useful tips on managing and maintaining your emotional wellbeing.
These are not normal times. You still have the ability to control several factors that contribute to high blood pressure. Join us for a closer look at the role of managing stress, eating habits, and monitoring your blood pressure.
In this live webinar, participants will learn the benefits of using wearable wellness trackers to help them reach their wellness goals. Participants will also learn how choose the right tracker for their lifestyle and for their goals.
Sleep is a basic necessity of life; as important as air, food and water. Getting the proper amount sleep can determine whether we wake up feeling refreshed or depleted. Sleep deprivation can compromise job productivity, relationships, health, safety and more. This seminar will cover general information and myths about sleep, as well VP: as how sleep effects physical and emotional health. This class will help participant discover how sleep works and recognize the symptoms and consequences of sleep deprivation. Participants will receive practical, healthy sleep tips and relaxation techniques that can be used to get a better night's sleep… tonight. They will gain an understanding of the factors that can disrupt sleep, including sleep disorders, and discover practical tips for sleeping well.
Participants will discover some of the research that is known about positivity – what it is, what it isn’t, the brain science behind positivity, and how you can cultivate more positivity in your life for greater health and well-being.
There are a lot of descriptors when it comes to cholesterol such as LDL, HDL, triglycerides, good cholesterol, bad cholesterol and cholesterol ratio. At the end of this session, participants will better understand what all these terms mean, the healthy values for each, and why healthy levels are so important to long-term health.
Purposefully Present refers to a state of mind, body and spirit that you can achieve through mindfulness. What starts out as an exercise to relieve stress can, over time, become a daily practice that changes you, and ultimately changes your life.
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Participants will learn what resiliency is and how to incorporate it into their lives. We will look at contributing factors of resilience and tips on maintaining resiliency regardless of what life may bring. Resiliency helps with dealing with stress and improves the ability to cope, which leads to a healthier, active life. Asking for help, when needed, is also important and is highlighted in this seminar. 60 minutes.
Manage your Stress, Save your Life Ongoing stress can make people more susceptible to illnesses. It is important to know how to recognize high stress levels and take action to handle it effectively. Participants will become familiar with their personal stress symptoms and warning signs of distress, while learning to understand the “fight or flight response” and how stress affects their bodies and their health. They will gain an awareness of how negative thoughts can cause or worsen stress and learn evidence-based methods for reducing and managing stress.
Did you know that the fear of falling can affect your bones and your balance? Medications, certain conditions, and even lack of physical activity play a role in bone health and falling. Fortunately, we have several tips to help reduce your fears and improve your overall bone health and balance.
Making as few as six small changes for a healthier you are taught in this seminar. We will cover how personal choices affect different areas of your life. Making the right choices about fitness, food, mindfulness, health screenings, and more, can help to avoid chronic conditions and reduce stress. Feel better by understanding the power of your choices and how to make the best ones for you.
In this webinar, we will explore ways to create more time and space – physical, mental and emotional – in which to pursue those things that are most important to you. First, we will look at prioritizing the things that really matter. Next, we will offer suggestions on how to turn down the noise and reduce or remove the clutter and other obstacles that get in the way of a richer, more satisfying life.
Even the simplest tasks can feel nearly impossible when you have back pain. In this seminar, participants will learn more about back pain and injuries, diagnosis and treatment options. They will learn preventive techniques to help avoid injury, speed recovery and lastly, learn exercises to help maintain back health.
