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Tips for Beating the Winter Blues

Winter can be hard in Indiana. The days are short. The weather can keep us indoors more that we would like. By the end of March, I don’t know about you, but I miss the sun! For some people, this can lead to the winter blues. Since we cannot really change the weather, I am [...]

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Addressing Homelessness: PBSO comes to Indy streets

Post By Matt Holland, Homeless Initiative Program HealthNet’s Homeless Initiative Program is proud to be part of the newly recognized Professional Blended Street Outreach (PBSO) teams representing 15 social service agencies (including three medical providers and two mental health care providers) recently co-located to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department’s Southwest District Headquarters on King Ave., near W. Michigan [...]

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A Married Couple’s Smoking Cessation Success Story: Kathy Hagan

In 2003, HealthNet launched its Tobacco Cessation Program, designed to give one-on-one support for patients who want to quit smoking. The highly effective program follows the clinical practice guidelines established by the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services. More than 277 people successfully completed the program last year. Husband and wife, David and Kathy [...]

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Ms. Terry Jo Curtis, IBCLC

Terry Jo Curtis, IBCLC passed away on May 11, 2014. Terry Jo was a lifetime member and was a Deaconess at Caldwell Chapel AME Zion Church. She founded the Indiana Black Breastfeeding Coalition and her proudest moments and achievement were becoming an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. She loved to support her community. Terry Jo [...]

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The Energy of Partnership – International Coaching Week

Post by Ken Burger What strikes me as I think about my experience working in a partnership arrangement, like the Indianapolis ICF and HealthNet have entered into, is the increased pool of energy that is almost immediately created. From the moment I got wind of a possible partnership opportunity I felt energy from just the idea [...]

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Sacred Space

Post by Jim Struck I became a coach in 2007.  Prior to that time I had served in a number of senior leadership roles over a 30 year business career.  I became a coach to help individuals and groups of people find greater performance in their business lives and greater satisfaction in their personal lives. [...]

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Cultivating Leaders – International Coaching Week

Post by Jerome Johnson HealthNet is cultivating leaders and you could be next!  In April, HealthNet’s Senior Leadership Team formed the HealthNet Leadership Academy.  The Academy is comprised of professional coaches who have enjoyed success in business and now have a passion to identify and cultivate leadership within the HealthNet organization.  Imagine my surprise when I was [...]

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Helping Leaders Achieve More

Post by Lynn Zettler When I left a successful 20-year career to start a coaching business, I wondered how I could help others to continuously grow, expand and stretch to be the masters of their career, business and life. When our local ICF Chapter set out to partner with a local nonprofit to give back to [...]

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Celebrate International Coaching Week!

In April HealthNet, Inc. began piloting a new staff development program for its up-and-coming leaders, thanks to the help of volunteers from the Greater Indianapolis Chapter of the International Coach Federation (ICF). The six-week initiative pairs emerging leaders with a personal career coach for one-on-one leadership coaching.  The coaches and participants will celebrate lessons learned at a reception [...]

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Asthma Awareness Month

Post by Dan Wilson, RRT, CPFT, AEC Did you know that May is Asthma Awareness Month? HealthNet’s Pulmonary Disease Management Educator, Dan Wilson, helps patients make treatment plans to deal with their Asthma so they can live a normal life. A few Asthma Factoids according to the Marion County Public Health Department: 9.5% of Indiana children age [...]

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