Taking The Woo Out Of Wellness With Maryam Sharifzadeh

From burned out to fired up. Maryam Sharifzadeh takes the woo out of corporate wellness. Maryam is a corporate wellness consultant. Companies hire her to create and implement wellness strategies to improve employee mental and physical health. Healthy employees tend to be happier employees. Happier employees tend to clock in and be productive. "There's a lot of good research coming out that when we feel good we do better. Our work is better. We're more productive. The research is out there," says Maryam. Maryam founded a company called Office Yoga 10 years ago. That program went global and was used in more than 475 companies around the world including Amazon, Oracle and Twitter. The pandemic changed everything. Employers are turning to wellness programs to reinvigorate staffers and build engagement. But, it goes both ways. Taking advantage of wellness programs can energize an employee to better manage and enjoy their personal life too. Maryam's latest company is ZaaS. It stands for Zen-as-a-Service. And she's sharing some simple work wellness hacks that can make a day at the office feel like a day at the spa. Kidding. But, you will feel a mood and energy boost with just a few minutes of conscious stretching or focusing. 85% of American companies offer some kind of a wellness program. If you're not taking part, you're missing out. Maryam is an entrepreneur and endurance athlete. She's the first woman and only the second person to swim around San Francisco. And she even swam across the English Channel. She's done big things by focusing on little things that matter. And you can too. On this Dying to Ask: The true cost of burnout The link between mental health and the bottom line The number one reason corporate wellness programs fail (heads-up bosses!) The two minute break you can take at work that will give you energy and improve your mood