Post by Ebony Jordan, DDS School’s out for summer!!! Many children are already outdoors playing tag, swimming in the pool or enjoying the delights at the fair. Here are some ways that parents can ensure their kids enjoy summer vacation without neglecting their oral health care! Swimming Pools Research has shown that people who spent [...]
Navigating Alternative Therapies
Post by Megan McDonald, CNM As a midwife, I come into contact with a lot of patients who, for a variety of reasons, are seeking natural therapies over conventional therapies. Some people have had negative experiences with conventional therapies (side effects from a drug, recurrence of an infection, etc.). Others feel led to choose a more natural [...]

Celebrate Men’s Health Month!
Celebrate Men’s Health Month! Show the men in your life that you love them by encouraging them to make their health a priority! According to ABC News, men are more reluctant to go to the doctor than women, which is one of the biggest reasons a man’s life expectancy is six to seven years behind a [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Gift For Mom That Gives Back
$2.2 Billion $1.8 Billion $170.71 Any idea what these three sets of numbers stand for? Well, they all have to do with Mother’s Day, which is coming up this Sunday! Each year, approximately $2.2 billion is spent on flowers for Mom, while another $1.8 billion is spent on cards! That’s a total of 4 [...]
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