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Wednesday, February 4, 2009

For the raindrop, joy is entering the river. Sufi Prophet

What's different on those days that you feel most alive? For me it's the times that I have integrated all of what I feel inside with all those things outside me. It becomes a feeling of oneness, where I lose myself and become a part of a larger whole. Some would call this synergy, but for me it's pure joy.

My wife and I celebrated my 60th birthday in Hawaii in December. A wonderful two weeks of long walks, swims, biking, hiking and writing together. It wasn't my birthday that made this vacation special, it was the "oneness" that we celebrated together in many different activities.

In wellness we are constantly reminding individuals that our wellness journey is not alone, but shared with many everyday. It is the daily reaching out to others, that stretch, that gives us moments of oneness and joy.

Everyday we have choices to build fences or to enter the stream of life and experience the joy of oneness with others. I hope you do a lot more swimming :-)

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MaryBeth & Bill Baun

Wellness is a lifelong journey and one of the individuals that has made my journey special is my wife MaryBeth. MaryBeth and I enjoy many outdoor activities around the Medical Center area and our lake house on lake Mount Pleasant.

Wellness is an active process of making choices and commitments that enhance the quality of life and maximize personal potential. Employee Health & Well-being wellness philosophy emphasizes the need for individuals to engage in behaviors that develop optimal health and to support others in their wellness journey. Our programs are built from the National Wellness Institute's six dimensions of wellness model: physical, spiritual, emotional, social / family, occupational and intellectual.

The "Be Well" program was the first employee wellness program in a healthcare system and NCI Cancer Institute accreditated by the CEO Cancer Gold Standard organization (www.cancergoldstandard.org). Be Well utilizes a hybrid coaching model that touches individuals, target groups and divisions / departments. Our programming mix is focused on stress, physical activity / fitness, nutrition / weight management, parenting and tobacco cessation. We have many internal and external partners that work with us to create awareness, behavior change and environmental support programming that is focused on developing a culture at M.D. Anderson that values health and self responsibility.