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HylthLink Interview with De'Andre Wells

2018-01-29

The Daily Helping Podcast w/Dr. Richard Shuster EP. 24

2017-12-04

Good day,
My name is Dr. Richard Shuster, a licensed clinical psychologist and the host of The Daily Helping Podcast which is regularly downloaded in over 60 countries. In honor of Veteran’s Day and by request, I have produced a special episode with an emphasis on veterans with PTSD. This episode contains two interviews as well as resources to help veterans and their families. My show’s mission is to help people become the best versions of themselves to make the world a better place. I ask that you share this episode with as many connections as you can so that together, we can help those veterans struggling with posttraumatic stress.

Below is the link to this episode:

http://www.thedailyhelping.com/ep-24-veterans-day-special-combat-veterans-ptsd-with-dr-william-b-lawson-sgt-ret-deandre-b-wells/

The show can also be accessed by iTunes and Android users at the following links where they can subscribe to the podcast directly:
iTunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-helping-food-for-brain-knowledge-from-experts/id1237137474

Android:
https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ivb2i5h32xlfuwpfe3nnavomizu

Lastly, I can be found on social media at the following:

https://twitter.com/thedailyhelping

https://www.facebook.com/Thedailyhelping/

www.thedailyhelping.com

With gratitude

Dr. Richard Shuster

Exciting news

2017-12-04

Exciting news!!! AGX has been accepted into the Veteran Institute for Procurement (VIP) START January 16-18 Session. Our expansion is on the horizon! Job Creation is on the horizon. Change for Baltimore is on the horizon! “VIP companies have grown almost 50% after just one year of graduating, have created thousands of new jobs, and several are SBA Small Person of the Year Winners. VIP is both launching new programs and expanding programs to accelerate the success of veteran-owned small businesses in government contracting. The Small Business Administration (SBA) is proud to be a partner.” - Antonio DossDirector, US SBA Washington Metro Area District Office

The Daily Helping with Dr. Richard Shuster

2017-12-04

Tune in to the Nov 13th podcast "The Daily Helping with Dr. Richard Shuster." Food for the brain, knowledge from the experts, tools to win at life. De'Andre and other top professionals will discuss PTSD and related issues in the lives of veterans. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you’ve been or what you do, this is the show that is going to help you become the best version of yourself.

De'Andre B. Wells and AGX on Straight Talk w/Mike Gimbel

2017-12-04

De'Andre B. Wells and AGX on Straight Talk w/Mike Gimbel August 1 2017

National Syndicated Straight Talk w/Mike Gimbel Topic: Veterans of the Iraqi War 16 years later De'Andre shares his amazing story and his founding of AGX on the backdrop of his experience at a VA residential PTSD program. www.agxgroup.org The demands, stressors, and conflicts of participation in a war-zone are traumatizing, spiritually and morally devastating, and transformative in potentially damaging ways.

Tune in! WUTB Balt. 12:30pm Straight Talk w/Mike Gimbel

2017-12-04

Straight Talk WUTB W/Mike Gimbel August 6th 5:30am And 12:30pm Watch @FOXBaltimore 1st and 3rd Sunday in August. Sunday August 6th 2017 for @Deandre_Wells @AgxFitness on Straight Talk WUTB Balt. Sun. at 12:30 pm & CW Baltimore 5:30 am! #BePowerful! Even if you're on vacation! It will be everywhere!

Catch De'Andre Wells

2017-12-04

Don't forget to catch De'Andre Wells and the American Group Fitness-AGX, L.L.C. team on Fox News Baltimore Sun Aug 20! WNUV Baltimore 5:30 am, WUTB 12:30 pm, and Harford County Public Cable Monday 3 pm.

5 WAYS TO HELP YOUR EMPLOYEES BE MORE ACTIVE BY ALLIE SELIGMAN

2017-12-04

Want to help your staff become healthier? The gym may be your first thought. But really that’s just one piece of the fitness puzzle. Learn more about the everyday ways you can guide your employees to better health and performance.

1. Uncover what makes your employees tick.

To inspire lasting changes, help your employees understand the deeper meaning behind their health goals, says Craig Friedman, vice president of EXOS’ performance innovation team. The motivation of surface-level goals can only carry people so far, but digging deeper could have more long-term benefits. “When you’re presented with a choice to take the stairs or take the elevator, you look through that lens,” he says.

2. Give your employees options.

If your goal is to get people moving more and all you have is a fitness center, you’re going to fail the majority of the population of your company,” Friedman says. It’s not always about hitting the gym. Instead, he suggests giving employees different opportunities to be healthy, whether that’s in the break room, in the cafeteria, or virtually for remote employees.

Wellness should exist everywhere from the break room to your employees’ desks.
It’s not always about hitting the gym. Instead, give employees different opportunities to be healthy.

3. Make everyday life a little more active.

Creating habits is much easier when new behaviors are tied to existing activities, Friedman says. Challenge employees with a weekly habit linked with something they already do. Try it: Every time you get up to use the restroom, choose one on a different floor and take the stairs. Or use a tennis ball to roll out the arches in your feet while you sip your morning cup of coffee.

4. Practice what you preach.

It’s easy to say activity is encouraged, but employees need to feel truly empowered to take a midday stroll or lunchtime gym visit, Friedman says. This means getting rid of hurdles that may discourage activity, like worrying about taking too long of a lunch break. What’s one of the best ways to make your team feel supported? Employees are more likely to take exercise breaks themselves if they see their boss doing the same. “It changes the dynamic significantly,” Friedman says.

Fitness or wellness challenges bring your team together, and many people thrive on that socialization.

5. Let your employees help each other.

Fitness or wellness challenges bring your team together, and many people thrive on that socialization, Friedman says. The trick is creating groups of people with similar abilities or goals. That creates natural role models and keeps participants encouraged. It’s also important to lead participants to what’s next (think: Wellness isn’t just about this month long challenge). “It’s about creating interest in an activity that leads to other options,” he says.

Do it for the community. A charity component can attract more employees to participate in your wellness initiatives.

Sierra Club: Real. Relative. Subjective

2017-12-04

All form of trauma is relative and subjective. This is why many find it difficult to pin down what are and are not working for our veteran population combating the ills of PTSD: I can tell you whats working, the Veteran and her favorite bike ride into the country, the veteran teaching group fitness classes as a counterbalance, or the veteran and the wild outdoors. We must get this: "That which I do for you without you I do to you." I'm not sure where I read that statement but it hits home to the reality of what real support will entail. "Inclusion" Simply put, Veterans and consumers alike are shouting: "Include me in the efforts to soothe me, include me in the efforts to bring real change." These experiences can dramatically change a person’s attitude towards life and the world and, thus, the way this S/he perceives that world. Check out Stacy Bare and the Sierra Club. They are a powerful force for good in this world.

Sierra Club: The Land We Defend: A story of seven military veterans, strangers before connecting in the wilderness. Learn more about Sierra Club's work with Military Outdoors and add your support efforts to permanently protect the public lands around the Grand Canyon as a Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument at http://www.sc.org/LandWeDefend

Subscribe for more from Sierra Club: http://smarturl.it/SierraClub_Subscribe

Founded by legendary conservationist John Muir in 1892, the Sierra Club is now the nation's largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization -- with more than two million members and supporters. Our successes range from protecting millions of acres of wilderness to helping pass the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Endangered Species Act. More recently, we've made history by leading the charge to address climate disruption by moving away from the dirty fossil fuels and toward a clean energy economy.

Patriotism and Public Lands

Learn more about Sierra Club Military Outdoors and the benefits being outdoors has for veterans at http://www.sc.org/vets

Everyone seems to want to help Combat Veterans

2017-12-04

Everyone seems to want to help Combat Veterans who through necessity and sometimes via a stigma are drawn to self-employment via franchising and small business entrepreneurship. A problem however is there are so many educational efforts, government initiatives with a plethora of different small business service providers and multiple nonprofit mentoring platforms that just to develop a personal strategy to use these resources is a mystery. Some of the national business resource acronyms for Veterans are as follows: ACP, CVE, EBV, SDBC, SBA, CDFI, B2B, PBC, SVA, SCORE, PTAC, WBC, VRE, VIP, VBOC, B2BR, DBED, VSO, CDC, MyVA and TAP. Clearly there’s enough of them to make are anyone’s head spin out of control when looking for solutions.