Name: 2023 Alera Group Employee Wellbeing Fair
Start: 14/09/2023 03:00 PM +00:00
End: 14/09/2023 08:15 PM +00:00

Hello! We are bitewell. Founded in 2020, we believe in the power of improving health through food. Purpose-built by food lovers, nutrition experts, and technologists to be the smartest place to shop for food, bitewell is a healthy food marketplace that works directly with employers to provide food health benefits, reducing insurance premiums and improving health for users.
Our platform utilizes food experts to make healthy eating simpler and smarter by applying a customized FoodHealth Score&mdash;think credit score, but for food&mdash;to the foods users are eating. We developed a simpler way to personalize food delivery options by implementing a customized nutritional guide, creating an intentional food shopping experience without sacrificing or limiting options.

bitewell

Dan Buettner, Blue Zones founder, is a National Geographic Fellow and multiple New York Times bestselling author. He has discovered five places in the world &shy;&ndash; dubbed blue zones &ndash; where people live the longest, and are healthiest: Okinawa, Japan; Sardinia, Italy; Nicoya, Costa Rica; Ikaria, Greece, and Loma Linda, California.
Blue Zones is now dedicated to creating healthy communities across the United States. The first effort, in Albert Lea, Minnesota, was a &ldquo;stunning&rdquo; success, and formed the blueprint for our Blue Zones Projects.

Blue Zones

Millions of Americans face mental health and substance use issues, and accessing quality care can be deeply challenging. Our Founder and CEO, Chad Castruita, knows those challenges firsthand. While in recovery for substance use issues, he reflected on how the right help was essential to turning his life around. He was determined to make accessing care easier and less painful for people experiencing similar struggles and founded Care Solace in 2015. &nbsp; Care Solace connects people in the U.S. to the support they need, anytime, anywhere. Our goal is to break the stigma surrounding mental health and offer every community educational prevention resources, provide prompt, compassionate support when necessary, and build resilience for long-term stability and health. We are determinedly working toward destigmatizing mental health issues and enabling everyone to get the mental health care they need &mdash; and deserve.

Care Solace

At NAO Wellness we are proud of the work we have done with large and small corporations, to bring customized wellness solutions to the workplace. We firmly believe that healthy employees are happy employees.

NAO Wellness

RethinkFirst was founded in 2007 with a simple goal of providing scalable autism treatment tools and caregiver support to an underserved population in need.
In 2014, Rethink launched its employer solution, RethinkCare (formerly known as Rethink Benefits), and enterprise organizations across the US started to take note of the incredible tools and e-learning content available to support working parents and caregivers of developmentally challenged children.
Today, the RethinkCare platform has expanded to holistically support all working parents, caregivers, and their families. RethinkCare offers three award-winning solutions to support employees in all aspects of their life, from work to home and everything in between. Our innovative solutions leverage evidence-based and clinically validated approaches to enable employees to be healthier, happier, and more successful in all areas of life.

 RethinkCare 

Founded in 1996, Summit Group of Virginia is an independent, financial consulting firm located in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
We are the trusted financial partner for forward-thinking individuals and organizations across the U.S., with over $2.5 billion in assets under our advisement (as of December 31, 2022).
We are proud to operate as true advocates for our clients and work to help simplify the complex financial decisions they are frequently faced with.
Our firm&rsquo;s style and structure allows us to maintain close, trusted relationships with our clients while providing services on a national scale. Our clients span from coast-to-coast and our partners are frequently asked to speak and advise on industry panels across the country. All of this with one goal in mind &ndash; to create better outcomes for our clients.

Summit Group, an Alera Group Company

Village Yoga is a social entrepreneurship on the Outer Banks that specializes in making yoga available to all levels. Village Yoga offers a variety of classes including, basic and gentle yoga, 5Elements Vinyasa Flow, and warm heated classes.
Village Yoga&rsquo;s mission is to support and lead a conscious community while maintaining a destination for health-based tourism.
We believe in yoga as a powerful tool for positive growth throughout every stage of life. We value the practice of yoga within all populations. To support and progress the Outer Banks yoga community we offer an array of studio classes, trainings, workshops, and retreats within our yoga studio and globally. We value creativity, authenticity, and fun with a passion for sharing yoga!
We value connection to our community! We regularly volunteer together and give back by donating 1% of our profits to 3 main foundations; Surfrider Foundation &ndash; Outer Banks Chapter, Homes of Hope Orphanages &ndash; India, and The Mariah Violet Moore &ldquo;What is Love?&rdquo; Scholarship Foundation.

A Village Yoga

Vytal Health is true health care, built for you. We offer personalized, whole-person care with a focus on nutrition, lifestyle, and natural approaches. Our goal is to solve your health problem at its root and keep you healthy for the long run. Longer appointments and amazing doctors ensure that you never feel rushed and dismissed again.
We listen to solve, not just prescribe. You will not be rushed through your appointment. Expect to be treated like our only patient.

Vytal Health

In this session we will explore how health (and longevity) can be supported and improved. There is a huge myth that our genes are our destiny, but we can adopt small changes that can reap big rewards! We&rsquo;ll discuss some of the Blue Zones principles and how individual and community health play a role.

Dexter Shurney

How Culture Empowers Individual Success and Sustainability

An overview of mental health, anxiety/depression and stigma. We will cover tips on releasing stigma and recognizing signs to get help both within oneself, as well as recognizing early warning signs displayed by children. The session will also provide actionable tips on how to find mental health support for both adults and children.&nbsp;

Kelly Van Cleave

Strive for Thriving: Care for the Mental Health of Ourselves and Our Families

When we live life intentionally, we open the doorway to countless possibilities. Creating intentions gives us guidance, helping us to drop into the present moment and really tune into what we want to experience in life, then go out and make it happen! This 30-minute Intentional Living Workshop with NAO&rsquo;s Meditation Practitioner, Connie Viglietti. Connie joins the power of meditation and intention to inspire you to tune into yourself and ground into the present moment to be open to what&rsquo;s possible. Please bring an open mind and heart and a pen and journal. We will practice a short guided meditation, so set your space in a way that inspires you to find your calm and peaceful center. Turn off all your notifications and give yourself the gift of presence for 30 minutes. You&rsquo;ll leave feeling centered and energized!&nbsp;

Nikki Ostrower

Connie Viglietti

Intentional Living and the Present Moment (Mindfulness)

Those who have trouble with executive functioning skills may have trouble with focus, following directions, handling stress, and regulating emotions. Join us to identify your child&rsquo;s strengths and challenges. &nbsp; Learn how to boost confidence and skills in these areas:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Organization&nbsp;</li>
<li>Time management/planning&nbsp;</li>
<li>Paying attention/staying on task&nbsp;</li>
<li>Building independence&nbsp;</li>
<li>Coping/self-regulation&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Kristin Bandi

Parent's Guide to Fostering Executive Functioning Skills

Many of us think of the gut, or digestive tract, as a set of tubes through which our food passes and is digested. But the gut also plays a major role in our overall health, influencing our immune system, hormones, and even mental health. In this presentation, Dr. Tiffany Mullen will take you on a journey through your gut, and show you how you can improve your overall health and wellbeing through good gut health.&nbsp;

Tiffany Mullen

Healthier Gut, Healthier You: How Gut Health Shapes Overall Health

Join Kevin for a 15 minute unwind session focused on incorporating tenets of yoga, breathwork, mindfulness and stretching into this relaxing break. You&rsquo;ll feel relaxed and recharged for the rest of the day&rsquo;s events.

Kevin Krause

Unwind, Stretch and De-Stress

Do you need to boost your emergency savings? Should you pay off your car, mortgage and credit cards? Save more for retirement or perhaps for your kids&rsquo; college? When it comes to prioritizing your hard earned money, determining how to get the biggest bang for your buck can be challenging. Join us for some practical tips on where your next dollar should go and how to get the most out of this limited resource!&nbsp;

Craig Stanley

Lieren Timeus

Sequence of Savings: How to Prioritize Your Next Dollar

How much do you think you know about food? Join our panel of experts as we dive into and debunk some very common food myths and misconceptions.

Recordings

Speakers13 Speakers

Sam Alexander

Kristin Bandi

Kevin Krause

Tiffany Mullen

Nikki Ostrower

Dexter Shurney

Craig Stanley

Lieren Timeus

Kelly Van Cleave

Connie Viglietti

Erica Ballard

Dr. Patrice Patrice Le Goy

Jenna Gorham

Sponsors8 Sponsors

bitewell

Blue Zones

Care Solace

NAO Wellness

RethinkCare

Summit Group, an Alera Group Company

A Village Yoga

Vytal Health

Recordings

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Sam Alexander

Kristin Bandi

Kevin Krause

Tiffany Mullen

Nikki Ostrower

Dexter Shurney

Craig Stanley

Lieren Timeus

Kelly Van Cleave

Connie Viglietti

Erica Ballard

Dr. Patrice Patrice Le Goy

Jenna Gorham

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bitewell

Blue Zones

Care Solace

NAO Wellness

RethinkCare

Summit Group, an Alera Group Company

A Village Yoga

Vytal Health

Speakers13 Speakers

Sponsors8 Sponsors