Workplace Wellness Programs Denver


	"People are definitely a company's greatest asset. It doesn't make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is only as good as the people it keeps." Mary Kay Ash

Business Presentations, Workshops & Professional Coaching

   Myers Briggs Personality Type  learn more

       Is Myers Briggs Personality type out-dated and replaceable by the DISC or other tests? Definitely not. Unfortunately, in the interest of bringing these Jungian philosophies to the masses, many people have been mistyped and the "baby" (the theory) was thrown out with the "bathwater" (the MBTI ®).

        According to the MBTI ® training handbook¹, the MBTI® was never designed to be used as a stand-alone test, and only identifies "best fit" type between 53-85% of the time. In my experience, mistyping most often happens when the inventory is given in a group setting, and individuals only get brief, if any, one-on-one time with the facilitator. The instrument cannot distiguish between learned or value driven behavior and innate behavior, and this is rarely explained to participants prior to administering the instrument.

       Other misconceptions include: (1) The Myers Briggs definitions of words such as "introvert", "intuition" and "judgment" are very different from the lay definitions of these words; (2) People do not change type over time or place; if they appear to change it is possible they were mistyped, or are simply in a new stage of type development; (3) The 1 - 10 score associated with each category reflects how certain you are that you fall on one side of the line or the other, not how strongly you exhibit that trait. In other words, having a borderline or "on the fence" score doesn't mean the person is ambidextrous or well-balanced. It usually means they aren't sure of who they really are!

       Myers Briggs Personality Type is still an invaluable tool for personal development and team-building. If you did the MBTI® and didn't find it useful, consider this more intense program. Other people who benefit from Dr. Koenig's unique approach are those who took the MBTI® as part of marital or premarital counseling, via the Internet, or using a short questionnaire in a book. Invest some time in yourself and your employees to detect "spelling errors" and uncover people's true "best fit" type.
- Spell Check™: Uncovering Your "Best Fit" Type
  When people take the MBTI© in a group setting, especially a workplace setting, they often don't have access to the one-on-one counseling process that is almost always required to separate learned or acquired behavior from inborn, natural behavior. Invest some time in yourself and your employees to check the spelling of your Myers Briggs "word".
- Type-ing Your Way to Better Health ^™
  Learn how to apply Myers Briggs personality type to maintaining or improving your health. This three hour program teaches you how to create a healthier lifestyle based on the needs of your specific personality type.
- Type-ing Your Way to a Healthier Weight ^™
  This is a three hour program focusing on type-specific solutions for fitness, diet and stress management to enhance your weight reduction efforts.
- Type-ing Your Way to Fitness ^™
  Most health educators and personal trainers are "SJ", and take an "SJ" approach to teaching people fitness strategies. This program introduces flexible, creative ways to become more physically fit, in addition to the tried and true "SJ" approaches.
- Type-ing Your Way Through Stress ^™
  Each Myers Briggs personality type responds uniquely and predictably to life's stressors. Learn how your type typically responds to stress, and design type-specific solutions to manage your stress.
Stress Management learn more
- Relax & Unwind ™ is a half-day workshop designed to help people effectively identify key stressors in their lives, and practice new skills to effectively magage them. The tools used in Relax & Unwind can help you shift into a healthy way of moving through the world, and include guided imagery and several activites from Dr. Koenig's Ice Cream for the Soul book.
- Medicate or Meditate?^™ Does the word "meditation" elicit images of sitting crunched like a pretzel on a huge pillow, the smell of burning incense, twanging Asian music and chanting strange syllables? Relax -- there are countless ways to "meditate". According to Harvard Medical School's Mind-Body Medicine Program, eliciting the relaxation response (commonly referred to as "meditation") can be as powerful as many medications on the market. Learn about the physiology of relaxation, and the many different ways to harness your body's own biochemistry.
- Dr. Joy's Playshops
  Does your work place, church group, treatment provider organization, or other group need a regular fix of relaxation activities? The activities in Dr. Joy's "Ice Cream for the Soul" book are not religious, and can be customized to your employees or members.
- Guided Imagery
  Creative Visualization (guided imagery) is a structured form of meditation. Rather than focusing on a single word, phrase or sound, the participant focuses on the words of the instructor and the soft, relaxing background music.
  
  Programs may also be designed to encompass several different techniques, and center around a specific health concern (eg, managing stress, staying in recovery from addiction, etc). See contact information below.
Cognitive Restructuring learn more
- Changing Your Mind
  Thought preceeds action and emotions. Until you first learn how to change your mind, you won't make any lasting changes in how you move through the world. Basically, you have to think differently in order to act differently. Most of our thoughts are automatic, and many are subconscious. Learn how to change your automatic thoughts to move in healthier new directions.
- Everyday Joy
  Are you someone who typically sees what's wrong with yourself, your life or other people, rather than what's right? Joy is an everyday choice, and this program will teach you techniques to become more optimistic, and more easily see and focus on the joy that is present in each and every day.
  
  In the words of the M. Scott Peck, "Life is difficult." Living with chronic or life-threatening disease, or growing up in a dysfunctional home, can sometimes create unconscious automatic thoughts that result in our going through life chronically tired and sad, as if we have blinders on to the good things that happen each and every day. Some of us our natural optimists, and others of us have to learn how to be optimistic. This program centers on Dr. Martin Seligman's "learned optimism" and resiliency training concepts, and is augmented by guided imagery, playful meditation exercises, journaling, and cognitive restructuring. Learn how to turn your "I can't" into "I can!
Journaling / Writing learn more
- The Write Way to Health & Wellness ^™
  Medical researchers have documented the physiologic link between writing about events that have strong emotional value to us and our immune system function, academic and work performance³. Participate in this program to learn the difference between keeping a diary and writing in a way that can improve health. Pennebaker is the leading researcher on using writing as a way to improve your health, school and work performance and. Together with endocrinology researchers at Ohio State University College of Medicine, he has documented positive physiologic changes in immune system function, including increased T cells, through specific types of journaling. In this program you will learn how to maximize the health benefits of writing.
- The Write Way to Refresh Your Spirit ^™ Journaling can be used to bring you in closer connection with your spirit or higher power. This half-day program introduces the learner to several different methods of spiritual journaling.

Compass Coaching ™ learn more

This one-on-one intensive is designed for people who want assistance with more clearly aligning their work path with their life path or mission. The program combines values clarification, Myers Briggs personality type "best fit" determination, stress management, guided imagery, automatic and structured writing, selected activities from Dr. Koenig's book "Ice Cream for the Soul", and other techniques. Sessions are bimonthly for a four to six month period, and only available to people living in the Denver area.

Shared Paths Programs can also be designed to encompass several different techniques, and center around a specific concern such as increasing creativity or staying in recovery from addiction. Contact Dr. Koenig (see below) for more information.

FACILITATOR NOTES

Workshops & Lectures: Minimum 10 participants
Workshops: Maximum 25 participants

Personal Workshops (one participant): Half Day (3 hours) & Full Day (7 hours)

One-On-One Professional Coaching is available for those who live in the Denver area.

Dr. Koenig is located in Denver, Colorado, and travels within the U.S. to deliver programs. Please contact her (info below) for fees and availability:

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